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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Framing Research on Educational Technology

Hosted by members of the National Technology Leadership Coalition, this session explored current research on the impact of technology aligned with primary content areas. One of the threads of the discussion was the unfortunate gap between those in higher education doing the research, and the practioners in the K12 environment. Apparently this national organization (NTLC) is interested in helping public educators make connections with researchers.

Concept: Technology as a Trojan horse for educational reform. As hardware, networks and software become part of the educational fabric, there is an understated assumption that teachers will adopt new pedagogy and adapt their practice. Then we are surprised when the resistance goes up. This is worth further discussion. There was an article by Judi Harris cited and I will provide that link on this posting.
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