Technology has completely changed the way that we
communicate and interact, the way that we learn and use information. However,
our educational system still has not reflected this fundamental change, and
remains reliant on what Renzulli calls “to-be-presented knowledge,” with
teachers and textbooks as the gatekeepers of this knowledge. However, this
doesn’t reflect how our society and our information structures work today.
Renzulli argues that our educational system needs to adapt to the skills and
technology that we have developed as a society in order to prepare our students
for 21st-century jobs and for rebuilding America’s reputation as a birthplace
for creativity, leadership, innovation, and development of new technologies.
This can be done through using technology to improve the way that we deliver
education, as well as what we are teaching students, and improving students’
engagement in the educational process.