- customization, interaction and learner control are needed to effectively incorporate technology into the classroom
- customization: providing people with the knowledge they want when they want it and supporting and guiding people individually as they learn.
- interaction: the ability of computers to give learners immediate feedback and to engage learners actively in accomplishing realistic tasks
- learner control: refers to putting learners in charge of their own learning whenever possible, so that they feel ownership and can direct their learning whenever their interests take them
- national certification and skill based assessment system
- develop a set of national credentials that could be administered on a computer.
- certifications developed in 3 areas:
- academic skills
- generic skills
- technical skills
- computer technologies open new regions for curriculum development
- students encouraged to stick with a particular curriculum for a long time
This makes me nervous. Standardized testing/learning is something I have never been a fan of. In fact it is the one part of teaching that could possibly sway me away. The fact that we would use this in conjunction with technology, although efficient, it does not allow for well rounded people. I don't realy know how I could apply this in the classroom. I am a fan of teaching with technology, but I guess I would be forced to use standardized testing. Maybe technology could use it fast enough that I would not have to take too much out of my fun class time to go through it.
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