Informative ReadingJames Urges Tech Infusion

(USA) James urges tech infusion. Corey Murray. ESNews. (Publ. April 2005. Online October 2005) A "cultural shift" brought about by an ongoing technological revolution is underway in the nation's classrooms, according to social scientist and author Jennifer James, who spoke at a national education conference on April 3. If students are to succeed in the information economy, James said, teachers must lead the way by embracing new approaches to learning, including the effective integration of classroom technologies, and leaving behind processes designed for a different era. … Rather then teach the kinds of skills that schools relied on in the past, James encouraged educators to begin stressing such higher-order thinking skills as problem-solving and critical analysis. … "One of the reasons we have NCLB in the United States is because the group that cooked it up has no idea what they are doing," she said to applause from the crowd. "When you don't understand something, the first thing you try and do is measure it." …