Crafting a Vision for Empowered Learning and Teaching: Beyond the $1,000 Pencil - November Learning | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it
High-speed networks, digital devices, and creative applications are revolutionizing education.  Students can be empowered to take their learning to deeper and deeper levels while developing essential skills that will prepare them for success in the 21st century.

For example, our once-isolated classrooms now can connect students to authentic audiences around the world, leading to a deeper understanding of global issues.  Powerful yet easy-to-use software tools can empower educators and students alike to create top-quality digital tutorials to contribute and build much more support for all learners.   Our students now have access to primary source materials that would have been beyond the imagination (and limited education budgets) without high-speed networks.  We can now support our special education students and have them collaborate where they were once isolated.  Virtual reality tools allow us to explore objects where a human being could never physically visit, such as the sun or the center of a nucleus.  We have technologies that can make abstract concepts accessible and exciting.