A good book that you might take a look at is:
"Oversold & Underused: Computers in the Classroom", By Larry
Cuban, ISBN: 0-674-00602-X
Martin
Curious Educator wrote:
>
> Dearest Colleagues:
>
> First and foremost, thank you for taking the time to read this post.
>
> From an educational perspective, are there resources, white papers,
> articles, etc., from reputable sources that either sup****t or go aginst
the
> subject of using computers in the classroom.
>
> More specifically, I am working on a thesis of sorts whose base premise
is
> to first find out what has worked in education in the past, idenfitying
> those things, and then using technology to improve those skills. The
common
> talk around the faculty break room is that way too much is thrown at the
> whole concept of having technology for the sake of having it, than using
it
> as a way to improve the learning/teaching process?
>
> I also know the internal disputes within the education field itself.
Those
> on one far end say that technology is a panacea that is destined to
change
> the way kids learn, the way teachers teach, etc., and then there are
those
> who say that kids are losing their base abilities (e.g. handwriting,
> reading, researching, etc.) and using computers more as a quick and
dirty
> way of just copying and pasting things from a myriad of pieces of
articles
> here and there and then putting their names on the finished work.
>
> I stand in the middle of the fence, by background is that of an
automobile
> mechanic turned engineer, then turned into systems engineer, programmer,
> systems engineer and, as of late, I have embraced the concept of Linux
for
> its potential.
>
> Discussions on either side of this issue, links to authorities on the
> subject, etc, would be most greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you all for your time, I very much look forward to your input with
> regards to these questions.
>
> Regards
>
> CE
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