These problems are very real and need to be addressed. The second theme that I found throughout the journal entries was the realization that we need to start small, in our own classrooms, to discover uses for technology to prepare our students for the technological world in which they live. We as teachers need to broaden and enhance our abilities to level the playing field for students who do not have the access and background with technology that some of our other students, and people throughout out the world have. Jeff Snell made the connection between the two themes with the quote by Dr. Martha Stone Wiske, co-director of the Educational Technology Center at Harvard Graduate School of Ed. One of the enduring difficulties about technology and education is that a lot of people think about the technology first and the education later, if at all.
Technology seems to be the keyword for education today.
There are many opportunities out there to bring technology into the schools. Education needs to decide how this valuable tool can be effectively used to help meet societies' demands, one classroom at a time. I appreciate people sharing their personal and classroom experiences. I particularly enjoyed Kathleen Morrison's entry for the ideas she expressed so well. One of the things I liked so much about Kathleen's entry was her writing ability.