Blake: Work Priorities

'Educators' lead School of the Future, and 'learners' all have laptops

By ALISON KEPNER, The News Journal
Posted Wednesday, September 20, 2006

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PHILADELPHIA -- Students enter this city's newest public high school through an invisible metal detector. They swipe "smart cards" to open their lockers, stowing jackets as they head to class with laptop computers.

They carry no textbooks. Visitors won't find bound volumes lining library shelves either. Wireless Internet allows students to access reference materials from everywhere in the building, from the food court to the locker room.

But more needs to be done for technology to reach its full potential in schools

By Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor, eSchool News

September 28, 2006

An analysis of existing ed-tech research offers both good and bad news for advocates of educational technology: Although technology has had a positive impact on education so far, more dedication to research, implementation, and development is needed for technology to realize its full potential as a teaching and learning tool.

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