“Through the computer, the heralds say, we will make education better, religion better, politics better, our minds better — best of all, ourselves better. This is, of course, nonsense, and only the young or the ignorant or the foolish could believe it.”
Some really important points here. The first on especially is a crucial outlook for teachers to adopt because we need to be careful with budgets. I’d also like to try and get more of my children - perhaps ones with severe difficulty with handwriting and spelling - using technology for longer writing. In fact, after reading this, I’m going to trial it this week.
“Through the computer, the heralds say, we will make education better, religion better, politics better, our minds better — best of all, ourselves better. This is, of course, nonsense, and only the young or the ignorant or the foolish could believe it.”
― Neil Postman (1931-2003)
Some really important points here. The first on especially is a crucial outlook for teachers to adopt because we need to be careful with budgets. I’d also like to try and get more of my children - perhaps ones with severe difficulty with handwriting and spelling - using technology for longer writing. In fact, after reading this, I’m going to trial it this week.