Education at Aspen
The interesting question is not whether technology will significantly influence K12 education in coming years. It’s how.
View ArticleVision 1 – Stay the Course
No, classrooms don’t look dramatically different than they did a century ago. But who can we blame? Once you build a school, it’s not too easy to “reimagine” the classroom when the physical space and...
View ArticleVision 2: Wholesale Transformation
I'd like to look at the polar opposite of the "Stay the Course" vision. It's called "Wholesale Transformation." This vision is radical. It presupposes a fundamental shift in education from a...
View ArticleVision 3: Free access to technology and content
Uruguay is the first country in the world to commit to providing a free, internet-enabled computer to every one of its students, through the Massachusetts-based One Laptop Per Child initiative.
View ArticleVision 4: Technology as an enabler of project-based learning
I think Khan’s vision is one that other teachers would generally support. And it would still create space for significant technology innovation, above and beyond the level of basic access. In short,...
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