Yes, you seem to be on the right track. Or, it might be more accurate to say you are on the new track.
I've been using the Internet since the late 1970's. I started my own online school for students in my community in the 1980's. By 1990, we had about 5,000 regular participants in my school. I, along with many other teachers, were pioneers in starting virtual schools. Eventually, the Internet was standardized and embraced by millions during the 1990's. By the year 2000, technology devices were moving beyond being portals to the "environment" to being the place where the classroom "is." It is exemplified by the word Google going from noun to verb.
When I see messages from educators that are trying to figure out how to make computers (iPads and other devices) "fit into" the schools, it pains me to think of how far behind the curve they are. If a teacher in the year 2013 is still trying to figure out how to make technology work in the school, I'm of the opinion that they simply don't get it. They don't understand what Google and Facebook have become. When I want to learn something I don't go to school, the school comes to my screen with a click or a touch or a voice command. My computer device "is" my school, and since I carry my own "hotspot" with me wherever I go, I'm never without books, articles, lessons, music, art, news, movies, etc., 24/7.
When it comes to schools, think of it like this...I no longer wear a wrist watch because I no longer need one.
KB
