BY SARAH SEXTON, McClatchy
While some technology enthusiasts celebrate new gadgets as the solution to the many challenges faced in the classroom, some educators say the answer is not the shiny new devices themselves, but how teachers use them. Education experts met Thursday in Washington to discuss both the potential of technology as a tool to help redesign teaching and learning, and the challenges of innovation in a static system with set routines. Among the panelists at the conference sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research was Superintendent Mark Edwards of North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School District, His schools have captured national attention, as well as a visit from President Barack Obama, lauding the technology-infused curriculum.
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