The Overselling of Ed Tech - Alfie Kohn - 2 views
-
y, my response to ed tech is “It depends.” And one key consideration on which it depends is the reason given for supporting it
-
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..
-
-
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
-
Other people, particularly politicians, defend technology on the grounds that it will keep our students “competitive in the global economy.”
- ...5 more annotations...
-
We can’t answer the question “Is tech useful in schools?” until we’ve grappled with a deeper question: “What kinds of learning should be taking place in those schools?”
-
Some people seem to be drawn to technology for its own sake — because it’s cool
-
Despite corporate-style declarations about the benefits of “innovation” and “disruption,” new forms of technology in the classroom mesh quite comfortably with an old-school model that consists of pouring a bunch o’ facts into empty receptacles
-
Far more common, in any case, are examples of technology that take for granted, and ultimately help to perpetuate, traditional teacher-centered instruction that consists mostly of memorizing facts and practicing skills
-
This is where we can have some argument. There is some value in doing this type of stuff as long as there is amplification going on AND it's part of a broader move from traditional forms of learning to different types of learning. I'm also troubled by the "one size fits all" approach to this. "Nothing works everywhere".
-
-
According to an article in Education Week, “a host of national and regional surveys suggest that teachers are far more likely to use tech to make their own jobs easier and to supplement traditional instructional strategies than to put students in control of their own learning.
-
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.
-
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.