As our school embarks on a mission to become more of a 21st
Century school combined with the fact that we are now a Google
Apps school I have gotten a number of questions about technology
and our dependency on it. One answer I gave is that I am sure
there were glitches with the printing press but they didn’t get
rid of that and the same is true with technology. it is not
perfect and there will be glitches but that doesn’t mean we
should get rid of it. In a different conversation I had it
became clear to me that the person assumed that technology is
the same as 21st Century learning. That prompted in my mind the
following response. For example finding something on the
Internet in not necessarily 21st century learning. Having
students research something or come up with questions and use
the Internet as a resource for their research or their inquiry
is more 21st century learning. Below you will find a chart ( I
am sorry it didn’t copy well but I included the link for you as
well) that shows the difference betwee