Friday, April 9, 2010

"Good teaching remains good teaching with or without the technology"

(Higgins et al, "Reviewing the literature on interactive whiteboards", in Learning, Media and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 3, September 2007, pp. 213-225)

How do I feel about this statement?
It's certainly surprising to see it in a technology-focussed journal article.

Well, I suppose it's true, if "good teaching" is teaching that is engaging, that effectively stimulates or creates knowledge, that gets the student thinking and understanding the topic, and so on. But I don't really like saying it's true, if it insinuates that the technology is not necessary.

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