Same issues different setting

On Thursday (4/28) I attended an excellent session at the NEERO conference focusing on technology and teaching. I was struck by the similarities between the technology issues "they" deal with in higher ed and we deal with in middle school education.

Educators dealing with how to "integrate" technology so that their teaching is innovative rather than an add-on, the need for professional development yet recognizing the lack of it can be an excuse for educators to avoid using modern tools, the important--but frequently unheard-- voice of technologists.

Fortunately (or maybe not, but at least we can know we are not alone), they appear to be struggling with the answers to those issues to the same level we are.

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