ASCD continually seeks to provide solutions to the challenges that face educators of all levels. A recentASCD SmartBrief ED Pulse poll asked readers what advancements in technology could help them be more successful at work, either with students or in their own professional development.
As each new year starts, there are multiple stories on the anticipated trends in education technology. Most stories have reinforced the changes we have seen over the past few years that resulted from the "Internet revolution"—the connectivity of students, use of video for classwork and homework, use of mobile devices, and gaming for multiple purposes. However, many feel that education is on the edge of another major technology shift, with cloud applications, e-books, and video conferencing, among other things, contributing to a far greater individualized education experience for students and teachers.
With this in mind, ASCD SmartBrief sought to poll its readers about some cutting-edge technology that might become the "next big thing." Readers selected automated individualized student education plans (35 percent) as the trend that might make educators more successful. Following this, the two items of live two-way peer coaching (22 percent) and accurate voice-recognition word processing (18 percent) were chosen next most frequently. In the third position was spoken language translation without having to type text (12 percent). The other items on the list were selected by less than 10 percent of the readers.
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| This survey question was included in ASCD SmartBrief, a free daily e-mail news service that provides summaries and links to major education stories and issues, wweekly online poll, data was collected from 325 readers,hich has more than 200,000 subscribers. Using ED Pulse, the |
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