Technology, Cognitive Tools to Change A School’s Ecology

Pat Bassett, the president of NAIS, refered people to an article recently published in the Journal of Technology Learning and Assessment, "The End of Techno-critique." (http://escholarship.bc.edu/jtla/vol9/6/) This article presents research into the criticism of 1:1 computing. From the abstract: This article responds to a generation of techno-criticism in education. It contains a review of the key themes of that criticism. The context of previous efforts to reform education reframes that criticism. Within that context, the question is raised about what schools need to look and be like in order to take advantage of laptop computers and other technology. In doing […]