optimism. Compounding evidence now suggests that large to very large gains in student achievement are possible when digital tools are leveraged to enhance highly reliable instructional and learning strategies ( Haystead & Marzano, 2009; 2010; Haystead & Magana, 2013; Magana & Marzano, 2014; Magana, 2016; Magana, 2017 ). Pedagogies of the Past and Technologies of the Present To the extent that technology is actually used in the teaching and learning process, educational systems seem to have arrived at an unhappy juncture where computer technologies are pre