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Technology Dependency August 28, 2008

Posted by Matthew Woolums in 21st-Century, Articles/Videos, Opinion.
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The other day a computer glitch delayed flights across the country. It is nearly impossible for commercial planes to function in an technology environment from a century ago. If the technology infrastructure isn’t in place, planes don’t fly. What does this have to do with education? Not much. Schools open, teachers teach, and learners learn whether the technology infrastructure is up or not. If you needed additional evidence that education is behind the times and not taking advantage of the potential of technology, all you had to do was try to catch a flight last Tuesday. Of course, if schools in the US ever do get caught up, we’ll have to prepare for the eventual ‘learning delays’ caused by technology dependency.

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