The purpose of the book is to present how we are challenged to shape the future of technology in education. How we respond to this challenge is determined by the way we see it helping us fulfill our own vision of how teaching and learning should be.

Our approach to achieving this purpose is based on four principles:

1. Methods of integrating technology should be based both on learning theories and on teaching practice.

2. The uses of technology should align with specific teaching and learning needs.

3. Old integration strategies are not necessarily bad, new strategies are not necessarily good.

4. A combination of technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge is essential.

The aim of this edition is for educators to more clearly see their role in shaping the future of technology in education. This book explains how great education means leveraging technologies to fulfill the vision they enable: a global social network and a global community that learns and grows together.