What tech tools will college freshman be using?
My nephew left today for his freshman year at Harvard. Leaving aside the pride (and the usual angst) that I feel as a family member, I am wondering what his experience will be with the various technological tools that have appeared in education circles. Will he use any online or electronic textbooks? Will any of his classes forgo textbooks altogether in favor of alternative options? What kind of classroom management system will his professors be using? Will he be asked to do, or will he choose to do, any work on his iPhone? Will he have a different experience with tech tools in his science and engineering classes versus his humanities classes? Although we don’t know the answers to any of these questions yet, we should start to know more within a couple of weeks, after he has chosen and begun his classes for the semester. I will chronicle the results on this blog as the year unfolds.
January 28th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
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