5th Discipline
In his book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge details his model of a “learning organization,” which he defines as “an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create its future.” A learning organization excels at both adaptive learning–also known as survival learning–and generative learning.

Technology in the Classroom
How can technology be used effectively in the classroom? What sort of curriculum can be employed to help teachers make their students learn difficult subjects? How can you engage a student? Review one approach for using technology to teach history.

Fulfilling the Promise
Recent legislation allocated billions of dollars for bringing the nation’s primary and secondary schools on line, creating a pipeline between the classroom and a vast world of knowledge and communication. Learn more about the e-rate by exploring the following links:

• E-rate Hotline
• Boon or Boondoggle?

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