I’m in an amazing session with Alan November at techForum in Palisades, NY and he’s articulating so well an idea I believe in. In a nutshell, the best thing we can do to improve student achievement is to get parents involved by leveraging our technology to keep them in the loop.
Alan defines automating as adding technology to existing processes. Using our laptops to do the same thing we’ve been doing makes the laptop a $2000 pencil. Writing an essay can be done with pen and paper. What can we do with technology that we couldn’t do without — that’s what we should be doing. (more…)
