Conclusion

 THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY > 1.0 INTRODUCTION > 2.0 THE PROMISES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY >3.0 THE PERILS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY > 4.0 MOVING PAST PROMISE AND PROBLEMS > 5.0 EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY MODELS > 6.0 CONCLUSION > 7.0 REFERENCES > 8.0 LINKS



=**6.0 CONCLUSION**=

We must always consider the potential problems as well as the opportunities from incorporating technology into any and all educational settings. As mentioned many times in this paper, technology is a resource and a tool, not the replacement for human interaction. When technology is used appropriately and in conjunction with various other methods it can be a powerful learning tool and resource. With the diversity of learners in classrooms, we must keep options open to accommodate for the different styles of learning. Students and educators have a great opportunity to expand and share their knowledge and enhance their skills through social networking, peer sharing, and global collaboration which are key components to define educational visions. Students, using technology, can shape their worlds and their future. Teachers need training and support to empower students to use technologies for project base learning so that students can participate in authentic, multifarious, collaborative tasks that can develop analytical and higher-order thinking skills ([|www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/ issues/methods/technlgy/te800.htm]). The world of technology will always hold promises and perils. Embracing these promises and creating solutions to these perils will set the course of the future of educational technology. The most important factor is how we decide that future will look.

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