Technology undermines personal connections unless used in purposeful ways. Commenting and editing through Google Docs is good way to engage students in evaluating other writers. Threaded dialogues about a book read in common with students from another school halfway across the country is another way to promote thinking and accountability to a partner. So there are ways in which technology can be useful, but on a day to day basis, the computer gets in the way of authentic dialogue and a beneficial sharing of diverse thinking.
Yes, tech can definitely cause as many problems as it solves in the classroom. It’s basically an attention sucking machine— so hard to compete with the entire internet for anyone’s attention, much less kids’ attention.
Technology undermines personal connections unless used in purposeful ways. Commenting and editing through Google Docs is good way to engage students in evaluating other writers. Threaded dialogues about a book read in common with students from another school halfway across the country is another way to promote thinking and accountability to a partner. So there are ways in which technology can be useful, but on a day to day basis, the computer gets in the way of authentic dialogue and a beneficial sharing of diverse thinking.
Schools with a value proposition? How very YouTube!
Yes, tech can definitely cause as many problems as it solves in the classroom. It’s basically an attention sucking machine— so hard to compete with the entire internet for anyone’s attention, much less kids’ attention.