The promise of technology in schools : the next 20 years / Charles K. Stallard with Julie S. Cocker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stallard, Charles K., 1942-

Contributor:

Cocker, Julie S., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Education, 2001.

Summary:

How can educators survive in the whirlwind restructuring and reform caused by the digital age? Will the impact of information technology improve learning, and how? The Promise of Technology in Schools answers these questions, by surveying the next 20 years in education. First, Stallard examines why the transfer of technology to education has taken so long and has been so difficult to accomplish. Then, he examines what challenges educators will face, how technology will affect school organization, why the K-12 education market is so important, and more.

Contents:

The Purpose of Education ix

Clues to the Future of Education and Technology's Role ix

1. Engines of Change 1

Educational Technology versus Information Technology 1

The Past as Prologue 2

Information Technology Concepts and Elements 3

The Domain of Information Technology 4

Hardware: The Central Processing Unit 6

The 0.1 Barrier 6

Beyond Speed 7

The Invisibility Factor 8

Software: Fueling the Engines 9

Operating Systems 10

Application Software 11

Software Development Approaches 11

Connectivity: The Age of Networks and Internetworks 15

2. Technology Adoption and Organizational Change: Lessons from the Private Sector 19

In the Beginning 19

Skunk Works and Entrepreneurs 20

Empowerment or Wheels for the Mind 20

Cooking and Growing the Revolution 21

Bar Code Scanners and the Point-of-Sale Terminal: A Killer Application 22

Scale Is Everything 24

Some Lessons Learned 25

Right Sizing and Reengineering the Organization 26

The Future of IT 26

Customization 27

Pervasiveness 28

3. Educational Perspectives and Uses: Then and Now 29

The 1980s 29

The Computer Lab Model of Computer Integration 31

Teacher Training 32

The 1990s 34

Educational Use of Technology Changes Direction 35

4. Challenges to the IT Industry Posed by Public Education 39

Local Control 39

Multiple CPU Platforms 40

Readiness to Use IT 41

Intellectual Incest 42

IT Organization 43

Procurement Practices 45

Logistics 45

Myth of the Vast Education Market 47

Uneven Funding for IT 48

Attitudes among Educators 49

The Business as Usual Mentality 50

Public Education Monopoly 51

Pre-Service Teacher Training 52

Administrator Training 54

False Starts 55

Technology Planning 55

Absence of Standards and Failure to Adhere to Standards 56

Leadership and Fear 58

Failure to Consider Total Cost of Ownership or Return on Investment and Adjust Plans and Actions Accordingly 59

Complexity of Using IT in Educational Settings 61

The Missing Chief Information Officer 61

False Prophets and Judas Goats 62

Teacher Training Hype 63

5. The Near-Term Future of Technology in Education: 2001-07 65

2001-07 65

Physical Factors, 2001-07 67

eBooks 68

Network Infrastructures and Mobile Computing 70

Wireless Wide-Area Networks in 2001 72

Digital Content 74

Authoring Systems 75

What about Textbooks during the Near-Term Future? 77

e-Learning 77

Staff Development 79

Differentiated Staffing 81

Changing Dynamics of K-12 Education 82

Models of School Organization 83

New Markets for Master Teachers 85

Data Mining and Neural Networks 86

Why Schools Will Initially Adopt Knowledge-Discovery Techniques 89

Hosted Solutions, Application Service Providers, and Outsourcing 90

Fluency in Information Technology 93

6. The Midterm Future of Technology in Education: 2008-14 97

Will K-12 Educational Institutions Survive the Midterm Future? 98

Let the Futurists Beware 98

e-Learning Becomes the Norm 99

Beyond Virtual Classrooms 101

Data Mining Grows in Importance 101

Content Delivery: New Choices 102

Real Choice: Finally 103

Venture Capitalists and K-12 Education 103

The End of Textbooks 104

Schools Diversify 107

Reinventing the Teacher 107

Master Teacher Corps 108

Hybrid Learning Environments and Institutional Fusion 109

Changing Mission for Public Education 109

Cutting Loose Juniors and Seniors 110

Dimensions of Learner Development 110

Arts and Athletics 111

Learners as "Prosumers" 112

Technology: Will It Be There When We Need It? 112

Technology: Will Access Be Equitable? 113

Integration of Vocational and Academic Education 115

7. The Long-Term Future of Technology in Education: 2015-21 117

IT-Free Zones and Places 119

Schools Just Do Not Get It 119

Approach/Avoidance Behavior 120

Children of a New Age 121

Parents of the Digital Age 123

Good-Bye to Standards-Based Learning 123

Global Society 124

Learning Technology in 2015 124

Virtual Reality Arrives 124

Microworlds 125

Visualization 126

Project Development Stations 126

Drop In/Drop Out Attendance Patterns beyond Grade 6 127

Personal Learning Assistants 127

8. Defining the Social Value of School 129

Discipline, Place, and Time 129

Ritual and Routine 131

Taming the Savage Ego 131

Schools as Sanctuaries 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0810840820

OCLC:

47056430