The Overselling of Ed Tech - Alfie Kohn - 2 views
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y, my response to ed tech is “It depends.” And one key consideration on which it depends is the reason given for supporting it
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djplaner on 16 Mar 16'd sugest that "it depends" includes consideration of the "somewhere" in which it is being used. The class, the learners, the teacher(s), what is being learned..
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But the rationale that I find most disturbing — despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that it’s rarely made explicit — is the idea that technology will increase our efficiency
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And here's #2 of the "big three".
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Other people, particularly politicians, defend technology on the grounds that it will keep our students “competitive in the global economy.”
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The first of the "big three reason". As here, there are arguments aginst this particular reason, or at least for not having it drive the why (not) question
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Post reflecting on questions of why (not) and how around ICT and Pedagogy. Critiques a lot of what is currently done. Some annotations added to explicitly link with the course.
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Post reflecting on questions of why (not) and how around ICT and Pedagogy. Critiques a lot of what is currently done. Some annotations added to explicitly link with the course.
