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New technologies are penetrating education. But new technologies are usually simply added to other topics in schools, not really integrated. New technologies are not widely used in schools as one would have expected some years ago; the generalization of new technologies has become one of the main problems, and integration is now a necessary step. Integration can be defined as “combining parts in a whole”. In this paper, I examine the question of integration in several aspects: hardware and software integration, integration into disciplines, integration in teaching and learning. In particular, I discuss the evolution of the profession of a teacher towards an “integrated” profession, that is with many different competencies which are not only juxtaposed, but which are interact, and I draw some conclusions for teacher education. Education now needs to design integrated environments; this is a huge task for educators. This paper poses a number of questions about integrating new technologies into education, in order to evolve from juxtaposition to integration. Only when new technologies are integrated, will their use become natural, easy, and will they have a wide effect on teaching and on learning.
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Cornu, B. (1995). New technologies: integration into education. In: Watson, D., Tinsley, D. (eds) Integrating Information Technology into Education. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34842-1_2
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