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| Gartner Symposium 2013 |
This past week thousands
of IT leaders descended on Orlando for Gartner
Symposium. This was not a
conference about the nuts and bolts of IT, as much as it was about trends,
strategies, and the new reality of the impact of everything and everyone
becoming digitally connected. While the conference was not focused on
education, it was abundantly clear that K-12 education is lagging behind many
industries in transformational uses of technology. Gartner Senior Vice
President Peter Sondergaard's keynote termed what is happening globally as
"digitalization", saying "Every budget is an IT budget. Every
company is an IT company. Every business leader is becoming a digital
leader..." The message was that all industries are being
dramatically altered and technology is the common thread behind
massive transformation. Sondergaard insisted that industries and leaders
need to understand and harness the innovative power that technology.
While technology in
education has been a key ingredient in innovative classrooms as demonstrated in
numerous classrooms, schools, districts, and the Project Red study, there are many examples poorly implemented technology in schools. For schools to be truly transformed
by digitalization, they will need to leverage technology to educate every
student with customized learning content and feedback supplemented and
supported by well-trained educators. The learning model itself
at some point probably needs to change, lest many schools will
continue to be only marginally impacted by technology. What are
your thoughts? Have we truly transformed education
through technology, or do we have a long way to go? What are you doing to
start your transformation? Your
comments are welcome at http://ctotechnotes.blogspot.com/
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