Writer: Technology Can Help Teachers Individualize Instruction

In an op-ed in the Baltimore Sun (1/3), Michael C. Blom, general counsel to the Howard County Public School System, writes about "the increased difficulty" that teachers face in the classroom, touting the role that technology can play in allowing teachers to teach across a wide range of teaching styles. "School boards have spent millions on technology but don't have any solid evidence that it has improved student learning." Moreover, "Perhaps the only major facet of our life that has yet to be transformed by technology is education." Blom stresses the importance of individualized learning, but laments that most teachers lack sufficient time to teach students on an individualized basis. "By using technology as a teaching tool, we add a resource that easily individualizes, and we free teachers to differentiate as well."