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Transformational Technology

Transformational Technology . ILEAD Presentation April 26 , 2012. Technology’s Potential Benefits. Customization of curricula, teaching methods, schedules Elimination of G eographic isolation Expansion of course opportunities for all

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Transformational Technology

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  1. Transformational Technology ILEAD Presentation April 26, 2012

  2. Technology’s Potential Benefits • Customization of curricula, teaching methods, schedules • Elimination of Geographic isolation • Expansionof course opportunities for all • Increasedinteraction betweenteachers and students, students and classmates • Increased parent involvement in schooling • More sophisticated performance measures

  3. Technology’s Limitations • Broadband not available to all students • Teachers are slow to adapt to change, especially when imposed from outside • Current organization of schools, the factory model with existing tests, antithetical to individualization • Current governance of schools limits the rate of change due to “demo-schlerosis”

  4. Two Technology Scenarios Public School REJECTS Technology Public School EMBRACES Technology States and local Boards accept mastery test results as basis for measurement Teachers adopt some form of technology driven individualization, expand/restore breadth of instruction Parents, seeing benefits individualization, remain committed to public education • State and local Boards continue to use grade-level test results as sole basis for measurement • Teachers, concerned about personal and school well-being, teach-to-test • Parents, dismayed with narrow curriculum and aware of on-line homeschool options, opt out of school

  5. Example of the “S” Curve: The Cell Phone

  6. “S” Curves in Our Lifetimes • Transistor technology displaces vacuum tubes • “Foreign Cars” displace Big Three • ATMs displace bank tellers • FM Radio expands number of stations, leads to “narrowcasting” • Pay Cable TV displaces free network TV • Video rentals displace movies on TV • Home computers displace video-rentals

  7. The NEXT“S” Curve: On-Line On-Demand Video Instruction

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