The Case against Gratuitous Tech in the Classroom
summary
Argues schools buy tech because it’s shiny not effective: iPads in kindy lead to children who cannot hold pencils; school laptops often log in in five to fifty minutes and cripple lessons; social media use over two hours a day links to worse mental health; expensive items like $14,000 robots mainly get used to make them dance and a $3D resin printer is bought for prestige. Gives evidence: South Australia trial showed students prefer whichever tool they learn first, and many grads fail a basic FizzBuzz coding test.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:06My background: programming
- 5:49My background: online
- 9:58Tablets - facts
- 12:35Laptops - the facts
- 15:19What about note taking on a device?
- 18:20Concepts/Skills vs Products
- 20:03Microsoft re new Office version
- 22:36The facts on tool choice
- 23:46Risk Aversion
- 29:58Web-based resources
- 34:36Nao robots
- 36:223D Printing
- 38:17Facts on "virtual" and online
- 43:35Social Media and Depression
- 44:58Addiction Behavioural & Emotional Signs
- 50:19What we need is good thinking
- 52:56Solutions
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