Showing posts with label disruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disruption. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Disruptive Technology
12:30 PM | 
Posted by
Sue Parler |
In a Leadership course in which I am enrolled at another university, our instructor, Dr. Christie, referred to technology as a "disruptive influence". As a technology integrationist, I bristled slightly at the characterization of technology being disruptive. But the more I read, the more I understood the point.
In the past, followers would gain information about the organization from their leaders. The information was filtered through this leadership as well. However now, with so much information readily available, followership need not rely on leadership for information. This has led to the end of blind followership. The dynamic has changed drastically.
Ironically, in reading Will Richardson's blog the word "disruptive" surfaced again. This time Victor Hu, head of education technology and services for Goldman Sachs, said, "Technology is doing to education what it’s done to countless other industries: disrupting it. Where education once was static, bound to a textbook, now it’s moving to a global, interdisciplinary model."
Richardson's response was interesting as he spoke about needing a disruptive influence in modern education and we - the educators - not big business and money should be driving the influence.
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About Me
- Sue Parler
- I'm currently in my 32nd year teaching at DePaul Catholic HS in Wayne, NJ. I teach Game Design, Cryptology, and Spanish -- yes, it's an odd mix -- even I admit it. I am the IT Coordinator at DePaul Catholic as well, which means I manage the network, the student information system, the website, and the 900+ computers in the building. Yep, keeps me busy.
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