Anti-Technology Issues

By Crash

Paula SmithPatty DeeringRenata SorelVicki Matchett

Crash Experience

Educational experts with 45 years experience combined

Mother & child interactions of 77 years experience combined

Things to consider when referring to articles:

AuthorDate Published

Publisher

Looking at your sourcesAuthor• Author’s credentials• Educational experiences• Experience on the topic

• journalist• education unknown• edited article• no apparent classroom experience• expertise in journalism not in child development

Colleen Corde

Author of “Fool’s Gold”

Looking at your sources

Date

1999Vs

201030 years of research on education technology

BUTin 1969 the technology used in the classroom

would not be comparable to 1999 resources and certainly not to 2010 technological advances

Looking at your sourcesPublisher Fact VS

OpinionFool’s Gold, A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood, is an

opinion paperlacking substantial research to

support claimsorganization rather than a

respected,scholarly institution published report

To Motivate Students

Gain attentionVisualKinestheticProductionCollaborative learning

To Enhance Instruction

Interaction with immediate feedback

Connects skills with real life application

Access to unique sources of information (research, data, distance educational materials)

Prepare Students to Work in the 21st Century

Technology literacyHone “Big Six” skillsVisual literacy

Children will be taught to:

Use computers responsibly

Become critical thinkers

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation

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