Eclectic Technology

Who are our digital natives? And what are their skills? Through a combination of video clips, text and links this post defines "digitals", and explores their impact on educators. Clearly technology is here, and it is impacting education and how teachers teach. Is technology being used effectively in schools? Are we making assumptions in terms of what it means to be a "digital native" or a digital immigrant"? This article explores these issues providing much food for thought.

With a little planning, many of these potential technology roll out and adoption issues can be avoided.

Failed or troubled implementations of instructional technologies can give the whole idea of ‘ed tech’ a bit of a black eye and result in bad experiences that may take years to forget and move on from. The fact is, technology implementations struggle or flat out fail every day, but the good news is that many of the shortcomings that lead to problems can be foreseen and circumvented.