Future or Fad?
The Milwaukie Journal Sentinel has published a well-written series on technology in schools (simple registration required). It very thoughtfully looks at the questions and issues, in the context of how schools are dealing with the end of a tech spending boom in Wisconsin. Has the technology made an impact? Now that state funding is dropping, is it worth picking up the continuing costs from the local level? Should kids spend more time with real materials and manipulatives instead of computers? I’m not so sure myself some days!