Asking the Right Questions about Technology and Education
Asking the right questions about technology in education. I once had a new teacher ask me how often they should utilize technology in their classroom. The answer to that question is that it depends how you use it. Here is the longer answer :-) First - I’d like you to watch this video put out by Apple in 2013 that is totally true - I checked out the school and successfully used a lot of their ideas in an outreach setting for high school students. Essa Academy was a failing school with a high number of lower socio-economic students, high ELL numbers, etc., and yet they pulled a rabbit out of the hat so to speak…. How did they do it, can you tell? Here is the video: Answer: Even though the video focused on technology, it wasn’t the technology! It was, however, a synergy between sound instructional practices and what technology can enable - this synergy made their incredible success possible. So after watching this you might be pumped a...