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5 Risks Posed by the Increasing Misuse of Technology in Schools

5 Risks Posed by the Increasing Misuse of Technology in Schools | Languages, ICT, education | Scoop.it
The greatest fear of parents and teachers is that the tech industry wants to replace teachers with computers. They fear that the business leaders want to cut costs by replacing expensive humans with inexpensive machines, that never require health care or a pension. They believe that education requires human interaction. They prefer experience, wisdom, judgment, sensibility, sensitivity and compassion in the classroom to the cold, static excellence of a machine.

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Nik Peachey's curator insight, January 4, 2018 4:22 AM

Interesting reading.

Mary Galleno's curator insight, January 4, 2018 7:18 AM
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magnus sandberg's curator insight, January 5, 2018 2:57 AM
Interesting read on some real risks of technology in school. Note that the real risk here is the new stakeholders who's goals are for themselves, not for the students. 
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Ten Reasons New Teachers Aren't Using Technology

Ten Reasons New Teachers Aren't Using Technology | Languages, ICT, education | Scoop.it
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John Spencer: "For years, ed tech folks said things like, "The younger generations will embrace technology in the classroom." But I'm not so sure. When I taught a technology workshop, I noticed many new teachers who viewed it as a nice bonus but not as transformative. I noticed many more who believed that technology was inherently distracting and addicting. 

It has me thinking about why so many new teachers are so resistant to using the current available technology ..."

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