Yes, but No.

Can applying creativity through technology expand learning in all the disciplines? Yes, I suppose so – in a small way, at least. You can incorporate technology into all of the different subjects, and it is able to expand your knowledge – but by how much, is the question. I would not say that technology is the best or the most beneficial way to expand a student's knowledge. Technology is good at capturing a student's attention; it's a good hook. However, I would not use technology to penetrate the knowledge of the content into a student’s mind. In order to really capture and idea and expand a student’s knowledge, I feel that most students need to execute and experience the content. To me, looking at a screen, reading, and clicking a few buttons is not going to excessively expand the student’s learning. Don’t get me wrong, I support the idea of having technology in the classroom – I love the different, fun ways to incorporate the content, through technology; however, most of the time, technology in my classroom will be used as a hook or a closing activity.  Student’s need to learn through experience – experiments and interactive activities such as plays, skits, games. It is important to keep the children’s mind, as well as their bodies, active throughout the day – not staring at a computer screen or projector screen.

Unresolved Issues

Throughout the last three years of high school, I was enrolled in the K12 online program with Agora Cyber Charter school; therefore, all of my classes were online.  I can say, through experience, that no, teaching online classes does not eliminate inequality in the school districts. Even as a student, I still had gender biases. For instance, in Literature every week, we had to complete an online discussion. When reading and replying to the different students, I would normally pick and choose whose discussion post I read, based on their gender, depending on the discussion topic. So, if I'm being unintentionally bias, I'm sure the teachers can do the same.
I also don't think technology is the solution to any of our moral problems. Gender bias/inequality is a human fault. Technology was created by humans; therefore, technology is not going to solve our moral problems, because it was humans who created it, and our faults have not changed from the invention of technology. If the faults are still in the creator, they will not be resolved from the creation. Therefore, I do not believe that teaching online classes would eliminate inequality in the school districts. Eliminating inequality will take much more means, than that.

iSchool Revelation

I actually like the idea of the iSchool. I don't necessarily think that it's the solution to a broken school system - eliminating the use of paper and pencils and replacing them with computer technology is not necessarily going to fix the deeper problems of our education system; however, I do believe that it will be the future of our schools. We're already on our way to  starting the process of interchanging paper materials for electronic technology. For example, most assignments are typed up, using a computer - hardly any assignments are turned in hand-written, anymore. Also, a lot of assignments are accessible, completed and submitted online - blog posts, online discussions, papers, the syllabus, class calendars, assignment descriptions, etc... For most of my classes, all of my work is completed and submitted through the computer, and I hear things everyday about new electronic technology being incorporated into our school system. I'm excited about this progress. I've always liked using technology, as well as being able to incorporate it into my schooling. Granted, there are some downfalls to this system , like there is going to be in any system, but for the most part, I view the iSchool revelation as positive.