Monday 30 November 2015

The Perfect Storm: 4 Conditions Align for a Revolution in Curriculum Development

By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway, THE Journal

For good economic and pedagogical reasons, by and large computers have been used in K-12 classrooms as supplemental, not as essential, elements of the curriculum. And research has shown that supplemental use of computers does not lead to increased student achievement. However, as we describe more fully below, four events are in the works that, taken together, provide the enabling condition for the creation of a new — revolutionary — generation of curricula, where the computer is an essential element, inextricably interwoven in the everyday activities of students. Truly, the opportunity to dramatically impact K-12 teaching and learning is at hand!

https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/11/18/the-perfect-storm-4-conditions-align-for-a-revolution-in-curriculum-development.aspx

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from Educational Technology http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/?p=14424

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