Posted On: January 28, 2008
The End of Educational Software? Survey says....
What tools do teachers find useful for learning and teaching? The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies out of the UK conducted a survey in 2007 that asked people to submit their top 10 tools - they then came up with a list of the top 100.
This survey is very unscientific, 107 self selected responses. Take it with a large grain of salt. On the other hand the questions it raises are fascinating.
- Could it be that the age of education specific software is coming to an end?
- Are educators embracing general productivity tools as the solution?
- Will they need scaffolding to bring these tools into the classroom effectively?
- What will be the business model to support this trend - will it be Professional Development instead of Software Systems?
- Will schools tolerate or even encourage "free" products that are advertising or sponsorship driven?
- If schools do move to a sponsorship model what implications does that have for traditional media like textbooks?
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Lee Wilson has spent two decades in the education business at Apple, Chancery, Pearson, and Harcourt.
He consults on strategy, marketing, and sales issues for technology and print publishers.
Comments
I think that schools jumped on educational software before it was fine tuned. Now that we see what works and what doesn't creators are making appropriate adjustments. Educational computer software may be halted for a moment but will inevitably make its way back.
Posted by: amerlino | May 27, 2008 5:23 PM