what the evidence suggests is that, unless it's very carefully planned with an eye to how the brain processes information, multimedia actually impedes learning rather than enhances it
a very balanced approach. Educators need to familiarize themselves with the research and see that in fact one of the most debilitating things you can do to students is distract them.
the risk of using search for online research is that everybody gets led in the same directions to a smaller number of citations which, as they become ever more popular, become the destination for more and more searches. And ... he suggested that simply the act of flipping through paper copies of journals actually may expose researchers to a wider array of evidence.
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When it comes to showing results, he said, “We better put up or shut up.”
Critics counter that, absent clear proof, schools are being motivated by a blind faith in technology and an overemphasis on digital skills — like using PowerPoint and multimedia tools — at the expense of math, reading and writing fundamentals. They say the technology advocates have it backward when they press to upgrade first and ask questions later.
there is no good way to quantify those achievements — putting them in a tough spot with voters deciding whether to bankroll this approach again
“We’ve jumped on bandwagons for different eras without knowing fully what we’re doing. This might just be the new bandwagon,” he said. “I hope not.”
$46.3 million for laptops, classroom projectors, networking gear and other technology for teachers and administrators.
If we know something works
it is hard to separate the effect of the laptops from the effect of the teacher training
The high-level analyses that sum up these various studies, not surprisingly, give researchers pause about whether big investments in technology make sense.
Good teachers, he said, can make good use of computers, while bad teachers won’t, and they and their students could wind up becoming distracted by the technology.
“It’s not the stuff that counts — it’s what you do with it that matters.”
“Test scores are the same, but look at all the other things students are doing: learning to use the Internet to research, learning to organize their work, learning to use professional writing tools, learning to collaborate with others.”
that computers can distract and not instruct.
“They’re inundated with 24/7 media, so they expect it,”
The 30 students in the classroom held wireless clickers into which they punched their answers. Seconds later, a pie chart appeared on the screen: 23 percent answered “True,” 70 percent “False,” and 6 percent didn’t know.
rofessor Cuban at Stanford argues that keeping children engaged requires an environment of constant novelty, which cannot be sustained.
Like teaching powerpoint is "rethinking education". Right.
guide on the side.
Professor Cuban at Stanford
But she loves the fact that her two children, a fourth-grader and first-grader, are learning technology, including PowerPoint
“There is a connection between the physical hand on the paper and the words on the page,” she said. “It’s intimate.”
Mr. Share bases his buying decisions on two main factors: what his teachers tell him they need, and his experience. For instance, he said he resisted getting the interactive whiteboards sold as Smart Boards until, one day in 2008, he saw a teacher trying to mimic the product with a jury-rigged projector setup.
“It was an ‘Aha!’ moment,” he said, leading him to buy Smart Boards, made by a company called Smart Technologies.
This is big business.
“Do we really need technology to learn?” she said. “It’s a very valid time to ask the question, right before this goes on the ballot.”
BY CHAIM CLORFENE AND SIMCHA GOTTLIEB
Miracle of the Maccabees was written, produced, and directed by Chaim Clorfene and Simcha Gottlieb, whose additional credits include many pioneering Jewish educational films, videos, radio programming, books, and multimedia. Together, they created the classic radiodrama, "The Mysterious Golem of Prague," starring Leonard Nimoy - recently remastered and re-released on CD. They always appreciate feedback, and can be contacted at gotsimcha@gmail.com. (27 Minutes)
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