Enter education technology (or “ed tech”), the much-touted panacea for all that befalls the American teacher. Hailed as the “great equalizer” for its ability to provide universal access to information via the Internet, ed tech has been, in practice, more hype than reality. The problem is that, historically, education technology added more maintenance, upgrade, and teaching burdens to an already overburdened — and often technologically under-prepared and un-enthused — teaching cohort, while failing to meet the specific needs of highly particular, and easily distracted students.
This article is helpful to learn about tech-driven classrooms.
