How are Education and Technology Working Together
An Opinion Column by Mary Anne Skinner
As the new year begins, so does the cadence of standardized testing, spring sports, and thinking about the next calendar year. What if we started off the new year thinking about how we can integrate components of our daily lives together, such as Education and Technology?
In this article published in May of 2018,
"How Education and Technology are Evolving Together", a Quora answer to the question what will education look like 10 years from now takes the reader into a transformative conversation that requires introspective thought.
While asking ourselves our own predictions, we also have to review the culture and environment currently in the classroom to fully evaluate the landscape of the future.
- The Jetson's thought teachers would be robots; in some sense, that's true with AI and online learning.
- The original Blade Runner predicted billboards; look at Time's Square.
- "You've Got Mail" explored online relationships prior to email being used for more than business use.
- Finally, "Total Recall" was spot on with AI's amazing ability to misinterpret everything we say.
What type of culture are we creating to achieve the goals and our future? That is the question for the ages, but one that you can explore with us via tools like this newsletter and at our 6th annual Tech Summit. (Click
HERE for information.) In the end, what separates the line between education and technology probably isn't funding or hardware, but rather our own ability to explore and willingness to learn.
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