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Monday, July 02, 2007
ISTE President Calls for Technology to Engage Students - Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet
Educators should focus less on teaching technology than on imbibing technology in education. This was the call of newly elected president of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Trina Davis, according to a report on Business Wire. Cost containment for communications vendors and their carrier customers can be achieved on two fronts. Click here to find out what they are and how to streamline the development and maintenance costs associated with building the product. The occasion was ISTE's 2007 National Educational Computing Conference, held at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The president felt that it was no longer just a matter of teaching the kids the use of a mouse or turning on a monitor. She feels that our emphasis should be on providing an engaging, authentic learning experience using technology appropriately and effectively to make that happen. The scene in the modern education world is changing fast. Blackboards and markers are fast being replaced by multimedia aided web presentations and online learning tools. According to a report in Education Week, nearly all U.S. schools can get online and most of the country's instructional computers use high-speed Internet connections. However, a student may not be able to access these tools at his home, especially if he belongs to a lower income group of the society.
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