tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post7436508416510950911..comments2024-01-04T05:57:26.735-06:00Comments on Education Policy Blog: Hosted by the Forum on the Future of Public Education: Technology in education: a ground-map, part a (revision 2)Craig A. Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160288758906798678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-40242084203181755642008-10-09T11:02:00.000-05:002008-10-09T11:02:00.000-05:00Interesting musing. Thanks for the revisions. It r...Interesting musing. Thanks for the revisions. It remains that increased learning exists as the only necessary criterion for using any technology in a U.S. public school. Without more learning than through street trial-and-error, schools exist as some other social function, however important to any individual or entity. Yes? <BR/>BobThe Tablet PC In Education Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09945735507146903310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-56237141239726040632008-10-09T10:06:00.000-05:002008-10-09T10:06:00.000-05:00Aaron,I like the post, but wonder if the definitio...Aaron,<BR/><BR/>I like the post, but wonder if the definition of technology is too broad, undermining its ability to explain anything? I like the definition offered by Marshall McLuhan that technology is the "extension of the human." Thus some of your examples make sense and others less so. I don't really see an athletic field or a teacher certification process as technology, but do see the advantages of expanding our notion of technology beyond the idea of computers and other electronic/digital devices. <BR/><BR/>As to how we measure the effective use of technology, I understand the obvious choice of standardized tests, but wonder if a broader conceptualization of their positive and negative effects would be more profitable. Illich argued in Tools of Conviviality that we should find ways to ensure that technology improves our collective lives, rather than simply increasing efficiency and serving as forces of power and control. I think the same question should be asked of educational technology: does it improve the lives of children and what they learn in school or in fact simply push us away from the primary task of education (though not schooling), which is to help children grow individually, socially and, in a Dewean spirit, politically. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>RichRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428070260403561546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-56078650725150432352008-10-09T09:25:00.000-05:002008-10-09T09:25:00.000-05:00You talk a lot and say nothing.You talk a lot and say nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com