The Malasian Star article, The teacher-technology divide, could have been printed in any number of US papers. It is a thought provoking and candid discussion of the lack of integration of ICT in education:
" WHAT if a teacher from the early 20th century were to travel forward in time to our century? Would she be able to function? Would a 21st century classroom still be recognisable?
Depressingly the answer is probably yes – in the majority of Malaysian schools at least. The tools of the trade, the blackboard and chalk, are still widely in use. The classroom arrangement would be familiar. And “chalk and talk” still seems to be the method of choice.
Director of Unesco’s Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau, Dr Sheldon Shaeffer, asks, "How do you measure innovation? ...in an international study conducted in 28 countries, four key criteria need to be met
Being computer literate is not enough. There is a false assumption that these teachers can go back to school and use ICT. The real challenge is to train teachers on how to integrate ICT into the teaching and learning process.”
...interesting read.