We have to recognize that over the 150 year ago Horace Mann brought back from Prussia a new educational system. Throughout this history of a Prussian education system the American classrooms have seen very little change from self-contained entities from which they were created.During this time, our society has experienced technological advancements that continues the transition from the Industrial Age, to the Information Age and into the Conceptual Age. Each layer of transformation has set a new stage of thought on how to provide a modernized education for a given society. "How well do you have to understand the technology to use it in your classroom?" To answer the question, it is not about understanding how to use technology, it is about understanding how to access information, and use digital tools to create new forms of connected learning.

1. Since Horace Mann

2. In 1852,
Horace Mann the
Father of
American
Education
adopts the
Prussian
education
system in
Massachusetts.

13. How well do you have to
understand technology to
use it in your classroom?

17. 220
Years
Later

18. 50
Years
Later

19. 19
Years
Later

20. 14
Years
Later

21. 7
Years
Later

22. 2
Years
Later

25. A man who carries a cat by the tail learns
something he can learn in no other way.
MarkTwain
First results
of change
may be
resistance.

27. It is not about understanding
how to use technology, it is
about understanding how to
access information, and use
digital tools to create new
ways of communicating and

28. Accessing Creating

29. an electronic link providing
direct access from one
distinctively marked place in
a hypertext or hypermedia
document to another in the
same or a different document

30. THE QR Code
Two
Dimensional
Bar Code
When Scanned
Enables You To
Access Content

31. Interactive In Real
Time
Registered In
Three Dimensions
Combines Real &
Virtual World
Aspects

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