"Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology" Chapter 3

"...For example, implementing a new mathematics curriculum pushes against the prevailing instructional, assessment, and curricular practices of schools." pg 34

This argues that implementing anything different then what we already have will hurt students because curriculum of other teachers will not coincide. It is a good thing there is a new influx of teachers coming into the schooling system, as these new teachers will be more susceptible to change and willing to learn new ways of teaching.

"The start-up costs of working with computers, such as the time to get the software installed and started up and getting the students situated, pressure the teacher to cut into teaching time." pg 39

This is a very logical argument and I have seen this from experience. It will be interesting to see how things will change when more cloud computing comes available and we are able to start up any computer with any program instantly. As we become more "attached" to our computers, the more of a necessity they will be and a less of a problem this will be.

"Standardized tests constrain how computers might be able to change learning in schools." pg 42

Standardization isn't necessarily a good thing, and technology seems to be slowly eliminating standardization. If we are going to let standardization stop us, that's too bad, because it is something we should be fighting against by and large.