Threshold Magazine - Plugged Into The Future?
Fall 2007

The Fall 2007 issue of Threshold: Exploring the Future of Education features articles focused on integrating technology and 21st-century learning into America’s schools, produced in partnership with the Pearson Foundation.

	A Blueprint for the Future Margaret Honey shares lessons learned from nearly 25 years of educational technology policy. Plus, an interview with ed-tech visionary Linda G. Roberts.
	A Means to an End Technology is not a one-dimensional challenge. Mary Burns discusses why districts must assess their current practices to develop an effective vision of how to achieve 21st-century teaching and learning.
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	Technology Integration: A Threshold Forum Mila Fuller, JD Hoye, Mark Nieker, John Q. Porter, and Scott McLeod discuss the status of technology integration in our schools and offer insights about what works.
	Keys to 21st-Century Learning In today’s learning environment, new tools and teaching techniques help students master the multidimensional skills they need to succeed.
	Delivering Digital Arts Pearson Foundation’s Mark Nieker looks at a set of corporate and nonprofit partners that is introducing students and teachers to technology by letting them create digital films and more.
	Teaching Online: A Bold New Template for Technology Professional Development Susan Patrick and Mickey Revenaugh look at how the skills needed for online teaching can improve the teaching of all students.
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	Explorations Rethinking Technology Integration: Cable in the Classroom’s Helen Soulé and the the Pearson Foudation’s Mark Nieker on preparing students for life in our increasingly competitive global society.
	About Threshold Who we are, what we do, and why.
	In Focus How schools are integrating technology into the learning environment.