Dr Bain says education has so far been less successful in its employment of technology than many other sectors of the community. But if schools are to be able to equip their students to meet the ever-increasing demands of society, teaching methods need to change. That has been his focus for most of the past decade. And parents can do the same things. It means changing the school and classroom relationship so that instead of the teacher being seen as the provider and students as the consumers, everyone is working together cooperatively.
Teachers become facilitators.
The hardware is simply another tool for learning. It becomes a question of how are we basically changing the learning environment in order to make everyone more responsible. The inspirational, direct-teaching lesson is not going away. Technology is very passive and we give it too much credit. It frequently needs to be mediated in order for it to be successful.