Comments on: Technology can make a huge difference in learning — why hasn’t it? http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/124 A blog for reflecting on the opportunities and challenges in open education Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:39:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bonita DeAmicis http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/124/comment-page-1#comment-409 Bonita DeAmicis Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:45:09 +0000 http://www.k12opened.com/blog/archives/124#comment-409 I think this is a very big idea and could hold wonderful consequences for educational technology budgets. If quality curriculum could be designed, maintained, and revised in an open-source format, then schools could redirect their textbook money toward technology that increases the availability and accessibility of 21st Century learning materials. Very exciting. To do this well will require a great deal of time, patience, input, people, and resistance to efforts to close down such an undertaking by folks who would be financially hurt were it successful... I think this is a very big idea and could hold wonderful consequences for educational technology budgets. If quality curriculum could be designed, maintained, and revised in an open-source format, then schools could redirect their textbook money toward technology that increases the availability and accessibility of 21st Century learning materials. Very exciting.

To do this well will require a great deal of time, patience, input, people, and resistance to efforts to close down such an undertaking by folks who would be financially hurt were it successful…

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