There’s no end of questioning we have to do.
I came across this interview with David Pogue at The Royal Treatment, an interview with Ken Royal at District Administration magazine. Royal blogs on technology aimed at the k-12 segment, but if you read Pogues’ comment, there is great content for all of us
DA: “I know you’ve done some technology for dummies books — what would be in your education technology for dummies book?”
DP: “You have to look at technology as just another tool. It’s perfectly possible to litter your classroom with tools you don’t know how to use. And there is always the danger of being glitzed to death with technology you’ll never use — with the stuff that has no significant educational meaning. I’m constantly looking at giant grants for technology projects and saying — are the kids really going to learn, or learn to learn more from this than they would have using the old tools? I know I’m supposed to be a technology cheerleader, but my mind is constantly questioning and considering this stuff, and also the challenges. We touched on gadgets in the classroom and the appalling things that go on to deliberately provoke a teacher just so they (students) can film reaction and put it on You Tube. I mean, it just turns my stomach. How we deal with that — how we deal with the copyright stuff — how we deal with the ethics and the credibility — there’s no end of questioning we have to do.”
