RE: Question 1: Technology-What's in the Plan

Ted set out the discussion issues quite well. When the 
Emerging Modes group met, we heard about many 
innovative uses of technology, and we explored some of the 
barriers to its use. We all know the promise of technology in 
the classroom and the costs inherent in keeping current 
with the purchase, support, and training to make technology 
a universal tool in all K through adult instructional programs. 
Perhaps, we need to not just consider technology in 
schools but consider its use in other public settings as well 
as home. Adult education programs often rely on their library 
and literacy partners to expand educational access points. 

Technology, in its ideal, offers a tool for teachers to extend 
instruction to computer lab, classroom, and home settings. 
Given that adult learners have the additional challenge of 
juggling home and workplace responsibilities with their 
educational goals, Web-based instruction offers a great 
venue to them. Such a supplement to instruction supports 
the adult education concept of "anytime, anyplace, at any 
pace." Although California has only begun to use teacher 
authoring tools for instructional purposes, the efforts so far 
reveal we're on the right track. I invite you to explore some of 
the beginnings at www.thestudyplace.org.