http://ripplingpond.edublogs.org/2007/01/09/how-have-you-integrated-technology-today/ rippling the pond with new ideas Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:33:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ripplingpond.edublogs.org/2007/01/09/how-have-you-integrated-technology-today/comment-page-1/#comment-6 I agree Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:45:16 +0000 http://ripplingpond.edublogs.org/2007/01/09/how-have-you-integrated-technology-today/#comment-6 A rarely voiced observation that is so true. We are looking at a reality in the next few decades of one laptop per child all over the world and with 80% of all schools in the UK using digital whiteboards (as opposed to 6% in the USA), America continues its trend towards being left behind educationwise. In so many cases, the simple integration of technology, curriculum and culture in an educational institution can give kids the cognitive and environmental framework to self-learn to a comfortable state of development. I think the problem is that there are 1,000 separate companies pushing 1,000 separate brand and the technology coordinators and directors often dont know what to do or how to lead. A rarely voiced observation that is so true. We are looking at a reality in the next few decades of one laptop per child all over the world and with 80% of all schools in the UK using digital whiteboards (as opposed to 6% in the USA), America continues its trend towards being left behind educationwise. In so many cases, the simple integration of technology, curriculum and culture in an educational institution can give kids the cognitive and environmental framework to self-learn to a comfortable state of development. I think the problem is that there are 1,000 separate companies pushing 1,000 separate brand and the technology coordinators and directors often dont know what to do or how to lead.

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