Making the Case for Technology Integration

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Consider the following quote from The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts by Richard Lanham (1995): "Many areas of endeavor in America pressured by technological change have already had to decide what business they were really in, and those making the narrow choice have usually not fared well. The railroads had to decide whether they were in the transportation business or the railroad business; they chose the latter and gradual extinction. Newspapers had to decide whether they were in the information business or only the newspaper business; most who chose the newspaper business are no longer in it. A fascinating instance of this choice is now taking place in the piano industry. Steinway used to own the market, and it has decided to stay in the piano business. Yamaha decided it was in the keyboard business—acoustic and electronic—and has, with Roland, Korg, and other manufacturers, redefined the instrument. Time has yet to tell who will win, financially or musically" (p. 64). Following Lanham's examples of the newspaper, railroad, and musical instrument industries, what "businesses" were music educators in before the advent of the "electronic word," and has this development forced a similar reassessment? Do you see the "business" of teaching music facing redefinition with the emergence, proliferation, and dominance of computerized technologies?

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In her discussion of issues and problems in arts education, Janis Boyd (undated) cites the following quote: "Excellence and innovation are critical to our collective future in generating the industries we require to enhance the nation's economic and social well-being. Creativity and innovation drive not only the cultural industries, but also developments in science, technology, industrial and management practices, all major contributors to our continuing socioeconomic growth." How does this intersection between technology and art education help make the case for including technology in art education?

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