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Moore's Law in Education
Question:
What is Moore's Law and why is it important in education?
The IT Guy says:
"Moore's Law" is named for Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, who observed in 1965 that every new chip produced by Intel contained twice as many transistors as its predecessors. Moore's Law is more specifically the contention that as computer processing power doubles approximately every 18 months, the price for that capacity goes down by 35%. This is known as an exponential growth trend.
The implications of Moore's Law for education were highlighted well in the "Grand Challenges" article written by Glen and Gina Bull, Judi Harris, and Joe Garofalo in the May 2002 issue of ISTE's "Learning and Leading with Technology" magazine. They predict classrooms in the United States will reach a "tipping point" in educational technology within 10 years, when the price of powerful, wireless, handheld computers will make them analogous to graphing calculators used by students all over the nation today. The trend of more powerful computers for cheaper prices will eventually address the "access issue" for technology in schools. The same essential questions about how to effectively use and integrate that technology within classroom instruction will remain even after the "tipping point" is reached, however. For more detail read the "Grand Challenges" article
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