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Saturday, May 8, 2010

A Brief History of Technology in Education

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  1. I thought this was an interesting video to demonstrate just how much we've already integrated technology into the classroom over the years. Its only a matter of time before the new, more advanced technologies become normal. The trick is keeping up with the technology and adapting to suit the needs of society. I think the process of normalisation will occur naturally, it might just take a long time.

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  2. Yes, just as innovation is an ongoing process, so is the 'normalisation' of older innovations (to use Stephen Bax's term). One day all of this technology we're talking about in the course will seem like old hat ...

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  3. I don't doubt it! In a few years time, wiki and blogs will probably be as old fashioned as emails!

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