Comments on: Technology + Mobile = Disengaged students? http://ariellah.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/technology-mobile-disengaged/ A blog to share experiences, debates and successes of technology and ICT integration Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ariellah http://ariellah.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/technology-mobile-disengaged/#comment-66 ariellah Sun, 31 May 2009 19:58:22 +0000 http://ariellah.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-66 Thank you Sadler for the thoughtful comments. I somehow feel that we have missed a lot by you being behind the lens and not one of the participants in the seminar. Especially when there seem to be so few of us passionate about the role technology can play in education. I hope your comments will reach some... Until then we have work to do. Working on my next post (on a more positive note - professor Drori most inspiring presentation) Thank you Sadler for the thoughtful comments. I somehow feel that we have missed a lot by you being behind the lens and not one of the participants in the seminar. Especially when there seem to be so few of us passionate about the role technology can play in education.
I hope your comments will reach some…
Until then we have work to do.
Working on my next post (on a more positive note – professor Drori most inspiring presentation)

]]> By: Sadler Johnson http://ariellah.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/technology-mobile-disengaged/#comment-65 Sadler Johnson Tue, 26 May 2009 09:42:45 +0000 http://ariellah.wordpress.com/?p=276#comment-65 1. A nice quip but fallacious nonetheless. As David Whiley mentioned, computers are an amplifier and a school may be bad because the good is drowned out. Therefore there is no reason to say computers can't make a bad school better - they can amplify the good if used correctly. 2. Perfect teaching is a misnomer unless your talking about 1:1 teacher:student ratio. Teaching is a medium for learning and the best media have many levels (including pace, depth and outcomes) that talk to different audiences. 3. This is surely not a serious contention these days. It like asking "What does modern transport systems provide that walking doesn't?" Not a great analogy I admit but there's SO MANY things that computers enable that pen and paper cannot. 4. South Park, cutting to the truth as ever. 1. A nice quip but fallacious nonetheless. As David Whiley mentioned, computers are an amplifier and a school may be bad because the good is drowned out. Therefore there is no reason to say computers can’t make a bad school better – they can amplify the good if used correctly.

2. Perfect teaching is a misnomer unless your talking about 1:1 teacher:student ratio. Teaching is a medium for learning and the best media have many levels (including pace, depth and outcomes) that talk to different audiences.

3. This is surely not a serious contention these days. It like asking “What does modern transport systems provide that walking doesn’t?” Not a great analogy I admit but there’s SO MANY things that computers enable that pen and paper cannot.

4. South Park, cutting to the truth as ever.

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