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What is the Answer?
While looking for some answers, I ran across a slide show from ED.gov (ED Secretarty’s Conference on EDTECH 2000) which stated:
Does technology raise test scores? This is an incomplete question.
Does technology help us meet our goals for students? This is a complete question.
Then this quote from CNN.com came to my attention.
“The computers have to be placed in the right hands and used in the right ways,” said Virginia Edwards of Education Week. “In fact, used for the wrong purposes, computers seem to do more harm than good. Technology is, after all, only a tool in the educational process, not terribly unlike a pencil.”
That sums it up. The correct tool in the correct hands can make all the difference in the world. Whether we are speaking of spending loads of money (that most schools do not have) or just accessing the free –or state funded- tools, technology can only be as beneficial as the user- teacher/student/district/community allows.
