Optimism vs. Realism with Regard to Educational Technologies

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These comments were written following a discussion with five leaders from Beijing National Day School (BNDS; see http://​bjshiyi.​org.​cn/​ and also https://​en.​wikipedia.​org/​wiki/​Beijing_​National_​Day_​School) with leaders in the College of Information at the University of North Texas (COI; see http://​coi.​unt.​edu/​). BNDS is a highly regarded and innovative residential middle and high school established in 1952, with more than 5000 students living on campus and attending classes. It is a public school with open admission at the junior high school level and highly competitive admission at the high school level. The curriculum is focused on experiential learning in nearly every subject area with students collaborating on the design, creation, refinement, and marketing of a variety of things (ranging from clothing products to engineered objects) with proceeds coming back to BNDS. …