Secretary of Education on the 21st Century School
In this interview for Frontline's Digital Nation*, Arne Duncan adds some depth to the YouTube statement by Obama that we included in our NAMLE 09 presentation on defining the 21st Century School. I am happy to hear Duncan recognize that "access to teachers that understand the technology" is as important as access to technology in bridging the "opportunity gap". I also like that he is thinking of schools as a place to balance students' comfort and experience using new media with traditional practice, as opposed to keeping schools a media-free "oasis".
In this interview for Frontline's Digital Nation*, Arne Duncan adds some depth to the YouTube statement by Obama that we included in our NAMLE 09 presentation on defining the 21st Century School. I am happy to hear Duncan recognize that "access to teachers that understand the technology" is as important as access to technology in bridging the "opportunity gap". I also like that he is thinking of schools as a place to balance students' comfort and experience using new media with traditional practice, as opposed to keeping schools a media-free "oasis".
Watch the full interview with Duncan on Digital_Nation's site.
*Digital Nation is a multiplatform project that includes this interactive Web site and a one-hour FRONTLINE documentary to air Winter 2010. The project aims to capture life on the digital frontier and explore how the Web and digital media are changing the way we think, work, learn and interact.