Ed Tech and the 21st Century Student

As NEA celebrates its 150th anniversary, we asked educators and experts what they see in the years ahead.  [NEA Today, May 2007]

This article explains how information technology is reorganizing how, where, when, with whom, and even why people work. [November Learning]

Project-based learning teaches kids the collaborative and critical thinking abilities they’ll need to compete.  [Edutopia June 2006]

How schools use technology is very different than how students use technology.  This article attempts to describe the disconnect.   Technology and Learning Sept. 2005  http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=170701917 

The Educational Technology Advisory Council (ETAC) is a council that advises the Massachusetts Commissioner and Board of Education on technology policy issues.  They submitted the following position paper.  [ Position Paper on Technology Integration Support ]

 A report by ETS that articulates three factors coming together to threaten the very future of our country.  Read it here.

One of the issues about our education system is about “time”.  Time for students to learn at their own rate is contradictory to the structure of school.  This article outlines the issue.  [Edutopia Sept. 2005]

The NCEE has release a report entitled: Tough Choices or Tough Times–The Report of The New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce.  This is a followup report to a 1991 report called America’s Choice: High Skills or Low Wages!
 The report can be purchased from www.skillscommission.org.  An executive summary can be view/downloaded from:  [Executive [...]

While in the process of some reading and research, I decided to start a blog on the topic of my endeavor.  Please create an account, login, and share any good articles, resources, or your own thoughts on the topic.
My goal:  To clarify my own thoughts about the disconnect between how students use technology outside the school, [...]