What's happening with tech in education?
With technology taking on such a pertinent role in the way we live our lives, the same importance of this role must filter into our daily instruction in education. Teaching students how to harness the power of technology for more than just social connections must be at the top of the education agenda. However, since the creation of the internet and the mass waves of mobile technology, schools have been frighteningly slow to embrace the technology. Ken Shelton, a leader of professional development sessions around the world for Ed Tech Summits, says, "One of the possibilities for this is that educational systems rely heavily on research studies that take place over years, and since technology is so rapidly changing, these studies haven't been fully completed."
This website will offer a discussion that targets the following topics:
This website will offer a discussion that targets the following topics:
- How is technology implementation happening in K-12 schools?
- What are the barriers to technology implementation looking specifically at funding and teacher integration?
- Where is the conversation happening and how is that conversation changing? What does this directly reflect about the use of technology as it ties to composition and creation on the academic level?