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More Digital Disconnect | | 7/19/2008 7:49 AM | | Posted by Al Summers |
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I am traveling between Alan November's Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston and NMSA's Institute for Middle Level Leadership in Charleston, SC. One of the presenters at blc08 mentioned a report from the Department of Commerce. I am reading the latest copy of the Journal and, in an article by Mary Ann Wolf, the Executive Director of the State Educational Technology Directors Association, that report is mentioned.
In this DoC report, education is ranked 55th out of 55 industries in use of technology!
As Mary Ann said in her article, "The use of technology in education will only be maximized when it is applied toward practical solutions such as individualizing instruction, engaging students, and providing access to rigorous and dynamic academic content."
So true when we think about teaching and learning in the middle grades! | | | Permalink | | | |
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