Nov
2018
disrupting education with technology
Nancy Bailey: Disrupting Education with Technology is Unhealthy for Children
Veteran teacher Nancy Bailey warns about the danger that technology poses to child development.
Technology is a helpful tool, but it won’t provide that sense of stability. It’s a cold machine. School districts push technology over teachers. They don’t stop to think about what it will mean to children and their development.
the idea that instruction should be disrupted using technology is putting students and the country at risk. It destroys the public school curriculum that has managed to educate the masses for decades.
Early childhood teachers express concern that tech is invading preschool education. We know that free play is the heart of learning.
But programs, like Waterford Early Learning, advertise online instruction including assessment for K-2. Their Upstart program advertises, At-home, online kindergarten readiness program that gives 4- and 5-year-old children early reading, math, and science lessons.
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more on technology in education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=technology+education
more on Clay Christensen disruption theory in this IMS blog:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2016/12/19/clayton-christensen-disruption-theory/