Teaching technology growing in importance
Despite the near ubiquity of personal computers and digital media in children's lives, formal education in how to create, develop and use those tools is badly lacking, says Glennetta Krause, the lead teacher at the Hughes Center Teaching & Technology program.
But that will change soon, she says, and that's why the Hughes Center includes computer technology training as a critical part of preparing the next generation of classroom teachers.
"We're one of the only programs in the district, and probably in the state, for students where every day of their careers they have a technology class," Krause said.
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