OFF: Twitter Folks, My Sort of Disclaimer

January 18, 2008 in Reading Response
Tags: iconoclast, literacy, off-topic, paradigm, technology, twitter

Looking at my Web traffic from this handy-dandy WordPress Dashboard, I’m seeing quite a few people coming from Twitter.
Welcome. I wish I had something more substantial to say. If you’d like, there are a few links you should probably check out, so you don’t think I’m a Luddite-esque technophobe.
Here, I suggest school reforms suggested by [...]

Classroom Technology as an Expensive Distraction

January 18, 2008 in Personal Reflection, Reading Response
Tags: chalkboard, classroom, education, pedagogy, smart board, teaching, technology, technology in the classroom, web 2.0, whiteboard

Editor’s note: there’s some pathetic sort of disclaimer for the bile from this hate-spewing technophobe. Please read it here.
We need to teach. We need to teach well. It doesn’t matter if we’re using chalkboard, whiteboard or SMART Board if we’re not doing at least that much.
In time, technology will come and will be fully integrated, [...]