The document discusses how technology impacts education and where education should go in the future. It covers the effects of media and tutoring software on learning, how technology can support different instructional strategies, and skills needed for 21st century learners like technology literacy and real world skills. The document concludes by asking where we want our children to be and what next steps are needed to help guide education into the future.

1. Technology today Where should our children be going?

2. Where we are today? Technology dollars Sputnik

3. What some research tells us Effects of media Effects of tutoring software How technology supports instruction 21 st century teaching and learning

4. Effects of media Electronic media Enhance visual-spatial skills May improve problem-solving skills Content matters High quality programming Children learn what we teach them

5. Effects of tutoring software Teachers-felt the software was beneficial Good for reinforcing and supporting lectures Possible improvements in high-stakes testing Students-increased attitude toward science and increased achievement Positive motivational tool

6. Nine instructional strategies Identifying similarities and differences Summarizing and note taking Reinforcing effort and providing recognition Homework and practice Nonlinguistic representations Cooperative learning Setting objectives and providing feedback Generating and testing hypothesis Cues, questions, and advance organizers

7. How technology supports instruction Word processing Web resources Multimedia Data collection Organizing

8. 21 st century learners 21 st century skills 21 st century content Learning/thinking skills Technology literacy Leadership skills 3 R’s are now: rigor relevance real world skills

9. Where do we want our children to be? Who will provide the leadership? What training is needed? What do we do next?

10. Where should our children go?