This article discusses the challenges of professional development, resistance to change, MOOCs and other new models for schooling, delivering informal learning, failures of personalized learning, and failure to use technology to deliver effective formative assessments. It also talks about emerging trends, opportunities, and technologies.
This article talks about the benefits of using technology in grades K-12. The more it is used the more teachers are seeing benefits from it in their classrooms. One of the biggest problems stated was a lack of support and preparation for technology from administrators.