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National Technology Leadership Summit
The National Technology Leadership Summit was underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education through a PT3 Catalyst grant. Representatives from the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science, the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, the Conference on English Education within the National Council of Teachers of English, the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, and the International Society for Technology in Education met in Charlottesville, Virginia in March 2002.
The task force developed seven conclusions pertaining to ubiquitous computing.
1. Ubiquitous computing will be a widespread force in schools by the end of the decade or sooner.
2. Ubiquitous computing will be a disruptive cultural force with great potential for good or ill.
3. Educators at all levels have a responsibility to articulate constructive visions for ubiquitous computing.
4. Educators must be prepared to take advantage of ubiquitous computing to advance teaching and learning.
5. Educators must work with hardware and software developers to shape pedagogically sound educational tools and evaluate them before full-scale implementation in schools.
6. Small-scale pilot initiatives need to be immediately undertaken to demonstrate feasibility across a demographically-representative range of schools before ubiquitous computing takes place on a larger scale.
7. Pilot initiatives should be evaluated to ascertain the effect of ubiquitous computing on learning and teaching, and these findings should be used to guide future actions.