Adoption of schools Apple has played an important role in the introduction of computers in classrooms. promoting legislation To offer tax benefits to manufacturers of computers who donate their products to libraries, schools and museums. The early 1980s was a time of rapid technological change. Apple donated close to 10,000 of its Apple IIe computers Kids Can’t Wait is a company program that provides free educational materials to California schools.
In US public schools, the ratio of computers per student was 1:92 in 1984. In 2008, 24 years after 1984, the ratio was 1:4. 90% of district school leaders will be in place by 2021 surveyed by Education Week They said that they would provide one “school-issued digital learning device” Per middle and high-school student Eighty-four per cent said that they did the same thing for their elementary students.
Public Panic
“A. Daniel Peck, an education professor at San Francisco State University, is typical of an increasingly vocal body of skeptics. ‘We’re in a computer religion explosion to the detriment of basic-skills education,’ Peck says. ‘We ought to be looking at the extent to which the computer splurge is diluting education; it most certainly is not helping.’ Peck has organized an ad hoc committee of educators and business people, called the Committee on Basic Skills Education, to combat the march of computers into the schools. A position paper by the group calls for help to ‘stop the bandwagon’ before ‘the educational system goes overboard on its reliance on microcomputers.'”
“Computers: Too Much Too Soon,” The Washington Post, 1983
Whiteboard Interactive
The public is introduced to: 1991
Cost: The cost of these devices in 2009 was between $700 to $4,500 When adjusted for inflation, this would be a jump from approximately $1,069 dollars to $6874.
Adoption of schools The Closed Door one-third of K-12 classrooms In the US, an interactive whiteboard (or “wall screen”By 2009, global GDP is expected to increase by a factor of 2.4. Between 2004 and 2009, the global sales rose from 170,000 to 700,000—mostly to schools.
Public Panic
“There are real concerns about the high cost of whiteboards. Many educators would prefer to see investment go into other technologies, like laptops or tablet devices. Educators are also concerned that whiteboards emphasize teacher-centered lessons over student-centered lessons.”
“Interactive Whiteboards Allow More Sharing,” The New York Times, 2012
Internet
The public is introduced to: Launched in 1991The internet was first widely used in the 1990s. MosaicThe first web browser to use graphics was launched in 1993.
Cost: AOL offered unlimited Internet access for 1996 cost $19.99 a month (approximately $42 adjusted for inflation)
Adoption of schools By 2001, only 3 percent of US schools were using the internet. In 2001, this percentage had increased to 45%. had risen to 87 percent. E-Rate is a program of the Federal Communications Commission. established in 1996 As part of the Telecommunications Act helped to subsidize internet access for libraries and schools. The E-Rate Program committed $2.7 billion by 2001. $5.8 billion to applicants throughout the nation.
Public Panic
“Yes, the Internet is a fantastic, vibrant, and evolving medium that is changing the world. However, this is not a technology destined to improve our schools. [President Bill] Clinton’s Internet infatuation offers a pathetic but telling symbol of just how much the history and role of technology in education is misunderstood. This infatuation is about politics and pandering, not promise and potential.“
