The 21st Century

There is a buzz around me these days about how EdTech is failing to live up to its promise fueled primarily by the In Classrooms of Future, Stagnant Scores.

What is surprising to most when they share this piece with me or ask me my opinion about the failures of EdTech is my response. For the most part, I agree that it is failing but that failure has more to do with us than with the technology.

"This discussion has been going on for years! Certainly child-centred learning is preferred, but I used to use personal learning programs as a reward, once students had proven that they had mastered the required basics e.g. multiplication tables." Susan Bainbridge