Avoiding the Screen Saver Disease
Publication Type:
Web ArticleYear of Publication:
2002URL:
http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/mckenzie/index.shtmlAbstract:
What are the two most important ingredients in a successful effort to integrate technology into a school district's curriculum? According to ed-tech expert Jamie McKenzie, you must have student-centered technology plans and lots of high-quality staff development. In this interview, McKenzie expresses his concern that many school systems "spend most of their money on their network and their hardware and spend very little money on staff development." As a result, he says, "they wake up with what I call the 'screen saver's disease' which is: they have a bunch of computers sitting around that aren't used." They invest "millions of dollars in networks with very little sense of purpose, other than that they want to be modern and 'with it' and cool." Citation: Burgos Brown, M. (2002). Avoiding the screen saver disease. Retrieved from 4Teachers on March 5, 2008. Website: http://www.4teachers.org/keynotes/mckenzie/index.shtml
