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"new and accelerating revolution characterized by technology-driven disruptive change throughout society, shifting public attitudes about the role of public universities, and demographic trends that challenge long-held assumptions about who will benefit from a college education."

"Both Friedman in Thank You For Being Late and Kevin Kelly in The Inevitable make an optimistic case that as technology displaces workers, it also creates new jobs requiring new skills. But Friedman also noted that when the Industrial Age displaced the Agricultural Age, it took about a generation for old ways to die off and new ways to surface.  While the rate of change has accelerated since 2007, will our rate of adaptation - both as individuals and as educational systems - match that change rate?  Audrey quoted Neil Selwyn, who identified three contemporary ideologies intertwined with the technological ones - libertarianism, neoliberalism, adnd the ideology of the new economy…to which she added a fourth - technological solutionism.  These four align with concepts of venture capitalism, the gig economy, the shared economy, the attention economy…all happening fast, free, easy for you, and accelerating."

@Durff RT @ActivNino: Technology in Education: What Works, What Doesn't - #edtech #edutech http://t.co/2SX3Fuf8Iq @ShiftParadigm - Mark E. Weston Ph.D. (@ShiftParadigm) September 13, 2014

"A new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE) has found that technology when properly implemented can produce significant gains in student achievement and boost engagement, particularly among students at risk."

"Educators agree that students will need strong creative problem-solving skills in their future careers."

Twelve Tools for Integrating Technology into curriculum.

"5 technology-enabled learning trends that will help shape learning across industries in the coming years. Companies that want to succeed will have to keep themselves abreast with these changes and will have to ensure that their employees' skills are up-to-date and aligned with new realities."

Importance of STEM

The importance of STEM related coursework in high school is research based.