Assignment: Technology

In the book Good to Great, Jim Collins and his team of researchers identified a set of elite companies that made the leap to great results and sustained those results for at least fifteen years. The research team contrasted the good-to-great companies with a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to make the leap from good to great in order to determine why one set became truly great performers while the other set remained only good.

One area that the researchers considered was the use of technology by the companies. Collins’ team found that, “when used right, technology becomes an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it. The good-to-great companies never began their transitions with pioneering technology, for the simple reason that you cannot make good use of technology until you know which technologies are relevant.”

You have used technology in your study of the Calculus this semester. In this assignment, I want you to discuss the role of technology as you see it in the study of mathematics in general and Calculus in particular. Has it been an accelerator of learning or a hindrance? Has it assisted you or not helped. Support your answers with concrete examples. Please write this entry in the form of an essay prior to entering it on the blog.