The Human Touch. In 1922 Thomas Edison proclaimed, “I believe the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our educational system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” Thus began a long string of spectacularly wrong predictions regarding the capacity of various technologies to revolutionize education. What betrayed Edison and his successors was an uncritical faith in technology itself. This faith has become a sort of ideology increasingly dominating K-12 education.
In the past two decades, school systems, with generous financial and moral support from foundations and all levels of government, have made massive investments in computer technology and in creating “wired” schools. However, in recent years a number of scholars have questioned the vast sums being devoted to educational technology. The Need for Firsthand Experience A computer can inundate a child with mountains of information. Simulation’s Limits Now consider that a study reported in U.S. Week 3: Reasserting the human | E-learning and Digital Cultures. Wiki - Week 3 Resources | E-learning and Digital Cultures. TEDx Warwick. They're Made Out Of Meat - New York Film Academy (NYFA) World Builder (high quality)
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