How Teachers Can Best Use Technology

Rick Hess, via a kind reader's email:

Education beats across the country have been speckled with nightmarish headlines about education technology failures in schools: big iPad acquisitions gone awry, melted chargers, broken screens, and students accessing social media on their school-granted devices. It seems like we haven't had a lot to cheer about when it comes to digital learning. But who is really to blame here?

Of course, safety, security, and smooth execution of device roll-outs are important, but implementation glitches are to be expected when a school introduces any new system -- both as devices need improving and as students, teachers, and administrators acclimate to using new technology.

Vilifying education technology is the wrong lesson. Technology is not the problem. As I point out in my new book, Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age, what's more important is how schools plan to use it.

Related: Madison Superintendent Cheatham's proposed $31,000,000 five year technology plan.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 19, 2014 12:50 AM
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