A learning simulation, a conferencing tool, and a student record keeper should be as trouble-free to use as a television, a telephone, and a notebook. For the most part, however, today's technology remains clumsy. We must question whether the time and money we are investing in that technology, in teaching teachers to use it, is well spent. The following nine characteristics define the former. The List 1.
Good technology is always available.
This distinction is what makes buses, in spite of all of their advantages, bad technology. In the educational field, the technological equivalent of the bus is the equipment trolley. Imagine what life would be like if we had to schedule our use of the elevator. Or to make reservations to use the telephone. Good technology does not require scheduling, relocation, or set-up.