Great post and much appreciated. I taught secondary school through the technology adoption era. I remember when iPads were all the rave and my school was on the threshold of adoption. They did, of course. No one wants to be the odd ball out. Nonetheless, I voiced my concern (ca 2008) - my unwelcome concern - and the principal was hesitant as well but caved under the pressure from the IT people who just had to act quickly to snag the latest Apple promotion enticing pervasive tech integration (th…
Thank you for the article!
I am a school board member struggling to convince the administrators technology should not be embraced without evidence that it does improve student performance. It's been a trend that everyone is excited to use technology in classroom.
Now even the 4th graders in our school district have their own Chromebooks. Seeing my daughter doing all her homework on her Chromebook always makes me anxious.
On school board, I also see various software subscriptions. When I question w…
I love all of this - thank you, Erin! As a parent of a child who just went to college (gasp) - and has 2 more at home (in high school and elementary school) - I want to encourage parents to keep up the good fight. My daughter just turned 18 and has a smart phone (she got it at 16 but we didn't allow social media) as she's driving now and likes to have internet access. She has made her own decision NOT to have social media - none of it - unless you count GoodReads! She's an informed consumer and…