Tools and Technologies

How do schools and districts make technology work effectively? While computers and software are just tools, some tools work better than others. Evidence shows that technologies such as one-to-one computing, tablet PCs, and a robust infrastructure can make a real difference. So can access to information online as well as other software and hardware. This all requires organizational change.

Changing a school environment takes time, patience and attention to detail. Schools that have been most successful have been especially attentive to upfront planning, inclusion of all stakeholders in decision-making, and powerful communications to all stakeholders before and during a long-term process of change. No one is an expert at this yet. Someday the integration of ubiquitous personal, portable technology will be the norm.


Teaching and Learning

Because living and working are so different now from even a decade or two ago and because things will continue to change, today’s students need new skills to survive and thrive in the future.

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