Pillar 5:  Teachers must be given time to restructure their teaching in ways that optimize the integration of both new and old technologies

This is a recommendation made by Elmer-Dewitt (1991). Preparation that involves computer technology puts greater demands on the teacher in terms of time than more traditional methodologies. Typically teachers K-12 have far too little time to prepare and follow-up on classes. It is all very well to say that they have those long summers off when they could be planning new lessons, learning new methodologies and incorporating them into their curricula. Many teachers already do this. But long-range (what is also called "remote") preparation can only accomplish so much. Immediate preparation, designing classes to meet the needs of today's students today, must be done in the context of the live, day-by-day situation once the semester is underway.

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