Ch. 8: How Schools Can Cope With the New Technologies

This chapter discusses the considerations educators will have to make as we begin to incorporate technologies into schools. The three main aspects that we need to consider as educators are customization, interaction, and learner control. In my opinion, customization and interaction are the biggest thing to consider as we incorporate technologies into our school system. Being able to provide people with the information that interests them the most and supporting them by providing them immediate feedback are the biggest benefits in incorporating new technologies into our schools. Providing children with curriculum that interests them will increase their motivation, and providing them immediate feedback will enhance their learning experience.
The new curriculum design that this chapter discusses really incorporates the two aspects that I view as the most important aspects to consider, which are customization and interaction. The curriculum design that focuses on teaching content that interests children I believe will be very effective. However, one flaw to this new design was will it teach our children what they need to know, like the core competencies. As I read on, it mentioned that the traditional academic skills, writing, math, science, history, and geography, will be taught, which I find crucial content areas that all children should know regardless of how often that information will be used in their future. Also, this design still involves parents and teachers to guide the children through their studies. And, the children will not be able to change the curricula often, which will allow them to develop deep skills and knowledge in whatever they are studying. I think this approach to incorporating technologies can be very effective. I do not see many reasons to deny this new approach. I believe that this new approach does a good job of blending the traditional approach with the new technological approach to make a new and improved upon curriculum design.