Any plan for implementing technology in schools must consider staff development. Training is often the most neglected aspect of a technology plan, and a lack of training can lead to failure of the plan.
Predictor: Internet School Networking Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force
Prediction, in context:In a research presentation titled “Training is for Dogs: Teachers Teach; Teachers Learn,” presented at the Internet Society’s INET ’95 June 27-30 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Janet Murray, a high school librarian from Oregon, reports on the CoSN FARNET national project and the proposal for a National Online Institute to train teachers in 1995. Murray says:”Planning for the global information infrastructure more frequently focuses on gigabit hardware and high-speed bandwidth than on the human components necessary to make it worthwhile. In order for technology to be broadly integrated into pre-university instruction, teachers must see its relevance to their curriculum and learn to use it effectively. The Internet School Networking Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force concludes that: ‘Any plan for implementing technology in schools must consider staff development. Training is often the most neglected aspect of a technology plan, and a lack of training can lead to failure of the plan.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: Training is for Dogs: Teachers Teach; Teachers Learn
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/118/txt/paper.txt
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney