Ever hear of Power Pointlessness? http://joycevalenza.com/powerptart.html or check out the whole site http://fno.org
The medium IS the message and this one is particularly inane . I have to reteach all my grade 9s when they come form the K-8 schools since a lot of teachers think the 'bells and whistles' are a substiute for content.I'd like to see powerpont banned altogether as it doesn't ecourage critical thought, but rather point form coverage of complex issues. We get enough of that with the News; sound and image bytes that bombard us daily while really doing little to bring meaning to the world around us.
Technology for it's own sake with no examination of why it's being used is why we have millions of dollars being spent on computers and less and less on teachers. Technology is not going to be our saviour and I would recommend all technology teachers read this book to examine their perconcieved notions about technology: The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved
False promise of technology
Ever hear of Power Pointlessness? http://joycevalenza.com/powerptart.html or check out the whole site http://fno.org
The medium IS the message and this one is particularly inane . I have to reteach all my grade 9s when they come form the K-8 schools since a lot of teachers think the 'bells and whistles' are a substiute for content.I'd like to see powerpont banned altogether as it doesn't ecourage critical thought, but rather point form coverage of complex issues. We get enough of that with the News; sound and image bytes that bombard us daily while really doing little to bring meaning to the world around us.
Technology for it's own sake with no examination of why it's being used is why we have millions of dollars being spent on computers and less and less on teachers. Technology is not going to be our saviour and I would recommend all technology teachers read this book to examine their perconcieved notions about technology:
The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved