Drowning not surfing

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I read this article, which looks at how behind schools ( in this case American schools) are when it comes to technology within the classroom.

I agree with the sentimet that classrooms are often a bit slow on the uptake as far as using and responding to technological advances and the technological literacy of the students.

I saying that there are some advances in Australian schools.

For example Smart boards are becomeing available in schools.

The problem is not every class or school has them and most teachers have limited knowledge, a(nd even less time to learn) on how to best use them in the classroom.

The answer has to be on opening up technology and allowing for the education and understanding of it by educators who find this kind of thing alien and scary.

I think that the multimodal way that our students use technology is something we have to understand if we are going to engage our kids. The Question is how to teach old dogs new tricks.

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