A School That's Too High on Gizmos

In the article by Patrick Welsh, an Alexandria high school is highlighted as having a bad case of techno-lust. After moving into a brand new $98 million dollar building outfitted with LCD projectors and laptops for every student, teacher moral and enthusiasm is at its lowest ever. What was supposed to make teaching easier has taken away from actual teaching and refocused attention on the technology itself.

I thought that this was a very interesting article. I find that quite often, professors get caught up in the technology that they are trying to use and that student laptops actually promote student disengagement. A teacher should be able to teach without technology, technology should aid and benefit students when it is used, not become the main focus.


Welsh, Patrick. (February 10, 2008) A School That’s Too High on Gizmos. The
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