EDUC 7108 Module 6

As a leader in educational technology it is imperative to build a climate where emerging technologies are accepted, expected and explored while including gender, cultural and socioeconomic sensitivity. Schools, workplaces, and community centers are the places where climate must thrive. Starting early to teach students to think outside of the box for solutions to common situations and to look with new eyes at old problems that can be solved with technological ingenuity, will help to close the technological divide and give impetus to a new wave of emerging technology that will change the way we do many things. New jobs, new innovations, new services are all the outcomes of such thinking.

As technology leaders we must be about changing the mind-set of educators to accept emerging technology as tools for their use and not one more thing to trouble their day, will give their classrooms and themselves a sense of wonder to explore the possibilities.Expecting and looking for something new and innovative will certainly keep boredom out of the classroom, workplace and community centers. While many of our students have access to technology, we must always be aware of those who do not and make resources available to them. This may mean opening up the school's computer labs earlier before school and allowing them to remain open after school and on Saturdays. Allowing our libraries and community centers to remain open later than the regular nine-to-five workday would give more people more access to these resources. Mr. William Gibson's quote of "The future arrived, it just wasn't equally distributed."is a challenge for us to look for those ways that will help that distribution.


Some articles I found interesting:
Education Cuts: The Haves and the Have Nots. Retrieved from http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/inalameda/detail?entry_id=69622


A Nation of "Haves and "Have Nots"? Retrieved from http://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/593/haves-Ahave-nots