https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-12-24-the-answer-for-schools-is-not-more-technology-it-s-teachers-and-human-connection
A business-minded person may think a large class with 50 students, one adult and 50 screens makes fiscal sense, and is therefore an “innovative” idea.A business person may also think that because focus groups of children demonstrate that kids like and enjoy a tech product, that it is educationally sound. Education shouldn’t be viewed as simply a “market,” and children are certainly not “widgets.”
Technology can and should be used with fidelity in schools, but we must balance technology use with developmental psychology, the psychology of addiction and educational psychology. We need educational technology that puts highly trained teachers at the center of product design and implementation. It is human interaction that truly engages children and inspires them.
Navigating the Digital Shift: Quality Learning Connections in the Digital Age
https://home.edweb.net/webinar/digitalcontent20180530/
This edWebinar highlights SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities. As states and districts shift to implement digital instructional materials, the report provides information and guidance on state acquisition and procurement policies, selection and curation processes. States are increasingly providing guidance, definitions, and vetting policies and practices for the implementation of digital materials to help ensure that digital materials are available to learners via devices anywhere, anytime.
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see also
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2018/06/25/iste-standards-ed-leaders/
Dr. Christopher Emdin Strikes US Education, Edtech and ‘Frenemies’ at SXSWedu
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-03-06-dr-christopher-emdin-strikes-us-education-edtech-and-frenemies-at-sxswedu
When a student is brilliant on the street corner but falling asleep in class, something is wrong with the schooling system.
Emdin labeled financially-driven education entrepreneurs as “enemies.” And he took on the nonprofit leaders, policymakers and edtech do-gooders he believes have “good intentions but enemy executions,” dubbing them “frenemies.”