February 14, 2013

For the Love of Technology

Let Valentine’s Day be a time to reflect on our love affair with technology. Are school leaders in this relationship because they believe in the power of technology to enhance education or are school leaders looking at technology as a beautiful piece of ‘eye-candy’?

This year, how will you profess your love for technology?

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