Technology enhances, but doesn't replace great teaching

With everything from smartphones, and tablets to iPods and SMARTBoards, technology's role and potential in teaching and learning changes almost as fast as the products themselves. While technology certainly can impact learning and change schools, it can't replace great teaching, writes Brandon Busteed in this blog post about The Atlantic's recent Technologies in Education forum. Like technology, which often engages, inspires and individualizes instruction, the best teachers consistently establish relationships, inspire students, and get to know students individually, Busteed writes. "Simply put, great teaching is about emotionally engaging the learner in a way that is individualized." Click HERE for the full article.