1. Teaching WITHOUT technology is just not acceptable any longer. Can you imagine a teacher refusing to implement special education accommodations? It would be a travesty. Same thing with current technology. New generations of teachers will (I hope) realize that there are always going to be new technologies to master every year. Previous generations look at learning new technology as something they want to have to do once and then be done. We need to change the way we look at learning to integrate technology to see it as a fluid evolution and not a checklist of skills.
2. Online learning is inevitable, and is arriving soon. The only question at this point is the model upon which it will ultimately become standard. Students already learn plenty online. It would be nice if Algebra or French were a part of that.
3. Online learning does not mean students stare at screens for a majority of the time. Online learning is used to interact with instructors and other students about experiences that should be designed to be off-line. For instance, students video record the building of the volcano experiment, and then upload to a chat setting so others can give feedback on the process or result.
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