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When will K12 education choose to do “educational technology” right?

  • Schools have a choice. Do it right or not at all.
  • Not at all isn’t an option.
  • Take pedagogy completely out of this exercise. Yeah, you heard me. I’m talking straight up investment in infrastructure.
  • If you need a definition of “right”, here goes. The conditions are “right” when your schools investment in an infrastructure for a learning management system is 10x that of their investment in toilet paper each year. (Tip of the hat to my friend David Jakes.)
  • I’m looking for a timeframe, not a set of conditions.
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    1. They’ll do it right, once they decide not to “do” “educational technology” – it’s not a separate, abstract thing that can be grafted on. As long as it’s seen as a distinct thing, it’ll be screwed up every time.

      I can’t guess a timeframe for when teachers and administrators will be able to effectively use and integrate new educational technologies (they already do use other, older ones) because there’s an attrition factor involved. 20 years? maybe.

      D'Arcy Norman — January 15, 2010 @ 3:40 pm —