In the Classroom: Technology, Teaching, and Policy Makers

Having a new laptop "is not my favorite idea," said Sam Hunts, a sophomore in Ms. Rosenbaum's English class who has a blond mohawk. "I'd rather learn from a teacher."

That's from "Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools," an article that describes yet another top-down situation where technology is being seen as the salvation with teachers being barely attended to.  Like many of the teachers quoted in the article I use technology when it appears to fit, not because I'm pushed to do so. ...