If you are asking, "Greenberg, what does this have to do with technology?" Let me tell you... Integrating technology into our school is a bold step, a risk. That's because Ed Tech is not about devices, it's about instruction. It's about doing whatever it takes to make our school relevant and effective for all students in this modern age.
Do not underestimate the fact that we are all walking around with the internet in our pockets. It has changed everything. Do you learn in the same way you did 20 years ago? When you have a question or curiosity, how do you learn more about it? How many times has the internet helped you with a problem or provided the context you needed to make a decision?
The way we learn and access information has fundamentally changed. I'm not saying it is better. But to ignore this shift may make our school "dangerously irrelevant" (per Scott McLeod). The risk is to embrace this change... Who is willing to shake the foundation?
Food for thought:
From Will Richardson, "You have been warned" (2014):
We cannot think critically and make great decisions about ed tech for our students if we don’t make learning the starting point. And we can’t make learning the starting point in a relevant way if we have no evolving, articulated belief around what learning looks like in a modern context.From Isaac Asimov, "How computers can enable us to revolutionize education" (1988):
Isaac Asimov on an Education Revolution from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
