Thursday, December 11, 2014

1990s Vision of Ed Tech

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It Really Isn't About The Tools...It Is About The Teaching

@joe_edtech

I'm not always sold on Apple products or their philosophy about software. In fact, OS 7, 8, and 9 made my skin crawl just a little bit. But you have to hand it to Apple's education department. Even before OSX, even before the iPhone and the iPad, someone there had an instructional design model in mind that would prove to be transformative.

This video, which was created before most of our students were born and before the Internet was ubiquitous and interactive, predicted maker spaces, interactive learning environments, teachers using technology to facilitate supportive communities of practice both professionally and in the classroom. It is funny to see the images they conceived, but it is a nice reminder that good teaching is good teaching regardless of the technology tools we use.


Posted by Matt Maxwell
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I'd love to hear your reaction to this video.

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