I read news articles about how all these school districts are moving towards technology. They have digital textbooks, Nooks, Kindles, Ipads, and more, but is this really improving education? If you’ve read my previous blog postings or my about me page then you know that I’m not anti-technology. If anything I’m pro-technology, but I don’t think blatant overkill will solve anything. New technology is fun and can be very useful in improving productivity, but we need to take the time to do research and determine how to best apply technology in the classroom. Throwing in a bunch of technology just because it’s fun isn’t going to help our students. We need to come up with technological applications that improve some aspect of education (i.e. the curriculum, student motivation, etc.) Adopting all this technology sounds great, but it may just mask the underlying problems. Students need 21st century skills but technology overload will not solve the problems with educational system.
Some interesting articles related to this idea
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