This Topic: Technology & Learning, April 2006 Applications/Implicati

[Bill Frederick]

I find this issue practically relevant to education and the learning process through an enlightened cost-benefits-desired results approach. Scan the succinct topics at http://www.techlearning.com Sign in and go to the Home page. Note especially "News & Trends", page 2 where this quote came from...Quotation of the Month

By Amy Poftak

"The fault is not in the people, it's in the system."

-C. Jackson Grayson, Jr., founder and chairman of the American Productivity & Quality Center, during the "Measuring the Value of Technology in Education" session at March's Consortium for School Networking conference. Grayson is working with school districts across the country on using process-based management techniques to improve performance. (Editor's Note: Look for an article on this subject by Dr. Grayson in Technology & Learning's June Leadership issue.)
— AP

There are several other articles of interest in applying appropriate technology to learning, especially the "Reviews: Help is on the way" page 14, Supplemental educational services online for students.