Educators urged to adapt to students' tech lifestyles
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
There is one thing worse than a high school dropout: A student who stays in the classroom and is bored, said Martin Bean, head of marketing and business development for Microsoft's education products group.
Unfortunately, many are, Bean told a group of educators gathered Tuesday for Microsoft's School of the Future World Summit in Seattle. Bean said schools largely are not adapting to their students' digital lifestyles.
"Our end users feel that the actual system in which they are forced to live is so disconnected from the world that they live in," he said, citing a U.S. Department of Education study showing that while most students believe education is important, few think it meets their needs.