[OT] Interesting Read On Tech In Classrooms vs None

[Judy Perry]

This book is about 10 years old but is still a sobering read:

Larry Cuban
Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/edskas/Cuban%2520article%2520-%2520oversold.pdf&pli=1

I think I also recently read that some Maine school district that 
decided to buy an iPad for every one of its KINDERGARTENERS is the same 
that previously bought iBooks for an older grade despite no evidence 
showing that the iBooks improved student performance.

Judy

On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Scott Rossi wrote:

> "Some education experts say that the push to equip classrooms with computers
> is unwarranted because studies do not clearly show that this leads to better
> test scores or other measurable gains."
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-va
> lley-technology-can-wait.html