Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Top 10 stories of 2011...

EdWeek has posted their top 10 educational technology stories of 2011... things like iPads, cyberbullying, virtual learning.

I think these are all issues that we are dealing with, but also are rather superficial compared to what we are going to be recognizing and dealing with in the coming fews years:

Computers have undergone a fundamental change-- whereas they were once devices for information access (and creation and sharing), they are now devices for interacting.

Whereas computers were big expensive devices that were controlled by technicians, they are now small and cheap and controlled by users.

Whereas adults were once the most knowledgeable users of information and technologies (and the most experienced learners in the classroom), young people are ow the most dynamic users and learners in the classroom!


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