Last September, I packed up my Prius, left my patient wife, and drove around the United States for 89 days and 10,000 miles visiting 64 schools of every flavor and size to find out what they are doing to prepare our students for the challenges of a rapidly changing world. I asked questions and recorded learning with more than 600 teachers, administrators, and students.
In setting up the complex matrix of this trip, many of my hosts asked, "What would you like to see when you are here?" The journeys of discovery in my life have started with open goals and few preconceptions, so I left the agendas as open ended as possible, with one caveat: I was not interested in seeing a 1:1 laptop program or talking with teachers about their tablet rollouts.
As others have said, technology in learning should be as ubiquitous as air... Continue Reading
Grant Lichtman is a senior fellow at the Martin Institute for Teaching Excellence. He was a senior administrator at a large independent school for 15 years.
Republished from Learning & Leading with Technology, September/ October 2013, with permission from ISTE |
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