ESchoolNews has an article (linked to others on New York Times, and other media) wondering if educational technology is "worth it."
I am increasingly coming to the conclusion that educators are about 15 years behind our students, and I don't see us doing anything to catch up. Teachers send students to the library to borrow VHS tapes that were produced 20 years ago. The tapes were discarded two years ago when we installed a media server that has thousands of hours of video available on the local area network. THat is a terrific system, but come to find out, someone had decided to "hold off" on renewing the license for that server, so now the videos are inaccessible.
What frustrates me the most is that this is not "rocket science," there are plenty of skilled and competent people around who can help educators and leaders attend to the details of transforming our practices so that they are relevant for students, but we refuse to admit we need help and to accept it.
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