37. What classroom characteristics, practices, and behaviors do distinguished teachers report and employ as they integrate and use technology in their instruction? What classroom characteristics, practices, and behaviors are identified in state/national standards (ISTE & P-21) as distinguished/exemplary for integrating and using technology in instruction?
41. RIGOR “ I learned new information and acquired new skills every day.” Agree Neutral Disagree ELEM 52 1 0 MIDG 37 9 1
42. RIGOR “ My child left each day learning new info and acquiring new skills.” Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Parents 56 23 1 0 0
43. RIGOR “ I was challenged during the AIG Camp.” Agree Neutral Disagree ELEM 36 15 3 MIDG 29 13 5
44. RIGOR “ My child was appropriately challenged during the AIG Camp.” Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Parents 53 23 3 1 0
57. Every generation of teenagers embraces the freedoms and possibilities wrought by technology in ways that shock the elders.
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60. We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.
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63. “ Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside of him.”
76. The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot LEARN , UNLEARN AND RELEARN . (Toffler, 1971)
Editor's Notes
Video games teach children what computers are beginning to teach adults--that some forms of learning are fast-paced, immensely compelling, and rewarding. The fact that they are enormously demanding of one's time and require new ways of thinking remains a small price to pay (and is perhaps even an advantage) to be vaulted into the future. Not surprisingly, by comparison School strikes many young people as slow, boring, and frankly out of touch.