The Benefit and Danger of Education Technology | Edudemic - 0 views
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What many people don’t understand however is that it also threatens the uniquely American ideals of democracy and equality.
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Laura Mortensen on 03 Apr 13I think it's going a bit far to say this.
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When classrooms adopt iPads or other tablets in lower grades amongst younger students, the possibility that those students will be left behind in terms of the greater society decreases dramatically
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If low-income students are unlucky enough to attend schools which can’t fund technology purchases, the chance that they’ll find a way out of a low income life becomes less likely.
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If a student graduates high school without at least a rudimentary and working knowledge of new technologies, their future starts looking a lot less bright.
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But increasingly, even menial entry level jobs require much more computer literacy than what some disadvantaged students are getting in schools.