"Tuning In"

Mr. Reid states in his closing arguments that "the challenges that result are not only technical or institutional but they are intellectual and disciplinary as well as we are forced to consider how our disciplinary paradigms have been shaped by the technological conditions of a print culture, conditions that are quickly fading away." I agree with his assertion because as an educator I find it rather daunting to incorporate technology with pedagogy in such a way that both are enhanced and better together than seperate. In addition, Reid says, "Perhaps the most difficult aspect of this ongoing innovation is faculty development. As it turns out, learning the technical matters of networked media composition proves to be only a minor challenge in comparison to reshaping one's pedagogic practice. From this perspective we have only begun to experiment with the implications of working in a media network that cuts across our courses." This will be the goal of teacher education programs as they prepare educators for the 21st century learner.