From the Orlando Sentinel, 1985: Although they have not solved how to keep students interested in certain subjects, computers are proving to be highly acceptable motivational tools in all grades at Seminole County schools.
Unlike video games that provide only entertainment, computers in the classroom are used as a teaching resource to reinforce development skills for elementary and middle school students and for those with learning deficiencies....
Quality education for children in families earning less than $2/day is a huge challenge in developing countries. If tech can help...definitely transformative.
3) Oops, posted before I read the fine print: "WeAreTeachers conducted an online survey...The data reported is representative of teachers who completed the survey and not projectable to the population of US school teachers." Bad on me; irresponsible of them.
The author, who ran a DC charter school and then started LearnZillion, an online lesson platform, argues that technology can break down the typical teacher silos and improve practice.
This is about healthcare.gov / Obamacare, and the federal government, but it's thought-provoking about educational technology, much of which is purchased by government agencies (i.e., school districts). How can school districts avoid these problems? (I'm a pro-government liberal, let's be clear!)
Fascinating article about backlash to a non-profit working with school districts to integrate student data sources. Raises lots of pertinent issues beyond student data: intersection of business, foundations, and school districts; parent reactions to educational technology; districts going down the rabbit hole of tech contracts without a clear sense of what they'll get....
This blog post has relevance for what happens, and why, when education reformers (including technologists!) put out good ideas and watch them not get implemented, or not get implemented transformationally, on the ground in schools.
How should schools choose devices to run all the great programs we're talking about? Despite the title, this article includes criteria as well as the author's own answer.