Ouch. Scott McLeod makes a good point, though. The comments suggest two different models for technology use in the classroom. I feel that using these technologies is not bad, if you are using them for the right reasons. Keeping students engaged? Sure.
From The unholy trinities of classroom technology usage | Dangerously Irrelevant.
The unholy trinity of teacher classroom technology usage
- Interactive whiteboards (can you say ‘really expensive chalkboards?’)
- Clickers (digital multiple choice! woo hoo!)
- Pre-selected YouTube videos for students (passive viewing of filmstrips, VHS tapes, laserdiscs, or DVDs is s-o-o-o yesteryear)
Honorable mention: Blackboard or Moodle (let’s devise really complex systems for transmitting really basic information!)
Is this the vast majority of what we see in P-12 and postsecondary classrooms? Yep. Can we do better (a lot better) than just this? Yep.
