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Rethinking How to Invest in Technology


Author: Chris Dede

MLA: Dede, C. "Rethinking How to Invest in Technology." in Technology and Learning. Ed. R. Pea. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000.

This is an excellent anthology of essays on the topic and Technology and Learning. Topics covered include:

Technology and reform, including film and radio in the classroom, research from the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow, statewide instructional technology programs, technology in the community, and evaluation;

  • Teaching with technology, plus the evolution of technology- and student-centered classrooms, lessons from an on-line community of education professionals, the integration of technology with teacher preparation, and Internet use by teachers; and
  • Equitable access and technical literacy, including how to invest in technology, evaluate content, bridge the digital divide, engage students in a knowledge society, and create the virtual high school.

    Chris Dede's chapter urges us to consider the need for simultaneous innovations to occur in pedagogy, curriculum, assessment and school organization, along with technology. Dede is critical of 'second-generation' thinking in educational technology that promotes computers as somehow magically empowering learners, serving as a "fire hose that sprays information from the Internet into the learner's minds." (Dede, 2000, 186)