Submitted by Susan Parker (not verified) on November 14, 2007 - 20:34.
Bell invented the telephone in 1876, but it wasn't until 2001 that I got a telephone in my classroom, which happened to be in a large urban public school system. At that rate, Hahn's cutting edge technology will appear in my classroom by the year 2132. So, in 2003, when my district put a 15-year-old technology in my classroom, i.e., Smartboard, I didn't reject the notion. In fact, I call that progress--it only took 15 years to catch up with interactive white boards, instead of the 125 years it took for our school to get telephones.
Public educators can't afford to be naysayers when it comes to technology. At the same time, we can't let the latest technology craze sweep our dollars out the door. A little test-of-time proves which technologies are cost-effective to bring to the masses and are truly worthwhile investmests.
Bell invented the telephone
Submitted by Susan Parker (not verified) on November 14, 2007 - 20:34.
Bell invented the telephone in 1876, but it wasn't until 2001 that I got a telephone in my classroom, which happened to be in a large urban public school system. At that rate, Hahn's cutting edge technology will appear in my classroom by the year 2132. So, in 2003, when my district put a 15-year-old technology in my classroom, i.e., Smartboard, I didn't reject the notion. In fact, I call that progress--it only took 15 years to catch up with interactive white boards, instead of the 125 years it took for our school to get telephones.
Public educators can't afford to be naysayers when it comes to technology. At the same time, we can't let the latest technology craze sweep our dollars out the door. A little test-of-time proves which technologies are cost-effective to bring to the masses and are truly worthwhile investmests.