Reformers hope that technology will cure our educational woes by better capturing and holding young minds nurtured on a digital diet. Many new high-tech school models show improved attentiveness and achievement. However, the reform we need has to go deeper. What is now possible is a true revolution of teaching and learning. Ready or not, we are being nudged by technology to rethink our definitions of, and routes to, education in the Internet Age.
Some programs use technology in exciting ways.
Educators have so many new freedoms with technology. Living and creating are synonymous. Sherese Graves I first observed the power of the convergence of education and technology in 1965. I knew if anyone would have success with Black inner-city students it was going to be me. I had very successfully worked in summer programs, loved student teaching, and really enjoyed working with inner-city kids.