31 January 2009

* What you hope to get out of this course

I've been teaching now for 15 years and my technology experiences in the four schools systems in which I've worked have basically boiled down to "HERE'S MORE!"

However, I have yet to really see technology used in any sort of way that is clearly and without a doubt superior to student learning without the technology. I've seen technology (namely the internet) used in place of traditional school stuff, as in one school I worked at was relatively new and growing and didn't have much of a library at all, so we (students and teachers) relied heavily on on-line resources. This all worked just fine, but I'm not sure I could say with any sort certanty that the students somehow became better writers or thinkers.

So, out of this course I would hope to get an understanding of how technology can be used to help make students better thinkers, betters writers, better readers, and better consumers of information.

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