I am still reading the book, High-Tech Heretic. I came across Stoll talking about how the students in kindergarten were using computers and why did they need them at such a young age. I just wanted to give you my impression of what he said. He was talking as if the teacher sit back in their chairs and eat bonbons while the students sit and stare at the computer screens all day. Just because you have a computer in your room doesn’t mean you don’t teach anymore, it just means now you have more options on how and what to teach. I feel as though he is writing this book for a uneducated audience and trying to persuade them, without facts, that computers are bad for education. I am glad that most (or at least some) don’t believe everything they read.
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dancingnancy533 // April 23, 2008 at 5:28 pm |
I don’t think he is painting the wrong image of the teacher’s role with technology. The teacher is still actively involved and does not let the computer take sole control over the learning process. Technology is a resource and should be considered a means of helping out the learning process, not taking over it.
adelliott08 // April 24, 2008 at 2:17 am |
I have yet to go to the computer lab with my 8th grade students and get the opportunity to sit. There is still a lot my students don’t know how to do.
Barbara Nantz // April 24, 2008 at 2:50 pm |
dancingnancy533 commented,” I don’t think he is painting the wrong image of the teacher’s role with technology”.
Really! I think that he is trying to imply that the teachers like the computers to babysit their students so that they can do what they want. That was the impression that I got from that part of the book. I can’t remember exactly what page it was on, but I will try to find it and quote where I read it. I could be wrong though.
And you are right about, ” Technology is a resource and should be considered a means of helping out the learning process, not taking over it.” I agree, but feel like Stoll is trying to persuade parents that computers aren’t being used that way.