I don't think you will get your holiday wish soon. Schools are typically wa=
y behind the "paradigm shifts" going on in society. While speaking with a r=
esearch chemist last week when she found out that I worked in technology in=
schools, she asked me:"Do they have clue as to what is going on in the wor=
ld, how fast things are moving?" Guardedly, I said that there were a few, b=
ut in reality I believe that the disconnect between education and people th=
at are actually doing things in the world is enormous. If you are familiar=
with Manuel Castells I think he does a fair job at describing the paradigm=
shift that is just beginning to occur. According to Castells everything is=
being transformed by "information networks" the economy, work, culture, po=
litics, the state. Education will change too, probably more dramatically th=
an we can conceive at the moment. Decentralization is at the heart the new =
information network, but schools continue to be bastions of centralized aut=
hority. It seems that to begin entry in to the new paradigm, schools must f=
irst take stock of what is happening in the world at large and then begin t=
o strategize how to become more engaged in the information network. Simply =
using modern tools in a traditionally centralized system will not do it.
Tom Flanagan
The Winsor School
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EDU] On Behalf Of Backon, Joel
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 8:14 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Schools doing best tech integration ever
Perhaps I'm asking for too much during the holiday season (my parents used =
to say that), but I've been waiting for somebody to answer Lisa's original =
question in its entirety. Thus far, I have seen some great new ideas for te=
chnology integration, and some that we already use at Choate. What I haven'=
t seen is a response to the "wonderfully effective or innovative/paradigm s=
hifting" portion of the question. I could certainly infer that these projec=
ts have improved teaching and learning or they would not be mentioned, but =
it would be fascinating to hear how that improvement has occurred.
Happy holidays,
Joel
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Lisa Pedicini
> ><lpedicini@spenceschool.org>wrote:
Which schools are doing wonderfully effective or innovative/paradigm
shifting work with technology?
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Joel Backon
Director of Academic Technology / History
Choate Rosemary Hall
333 Christian St.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-697-2514
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