The instructional technology train is rolling and many schools and school divisions have pulled away from the station. Ideas and skills that were a challenge five years ago have been replaced by newer ones. The "bar" has been raised. Hardware is now faster, more powerful, and more reliable. How can we move to more powerful levels of technology use in teaching for understanding?
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