A Teacher’s Perspective on a Technology-Rich School
Again, in thinking about technology and schools, here is an editorial from a teacher at a well-endowed high school about how the staff is dealing with an influx of technology in a new building.
As you read this, think about the perspective that he is taking towards technology: is it just a tool? Is it a literacy practice? How are policies related to technology enforced? How are teachers positioned in the entire process of curriculum, assessment, and instruction?
A School That’s Too High on Gizmos - washingtonpost.com
For a while, I thought it was just older teachers like me — immigrants to the Internet world — who were chafing at the so-called technology initiative, but it turns out that even the youngest teachers are fed up. “They would rather have a cyborg teaching than me,” one young English teacher complained to me. “It’s technology for the sake of technology — not what works or helps kids learn, but what makes administrators look good, what the public will think is cutting edge.”
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