EDUC 628-Spring-08

From her blog,

http://lisab.uniblogs.org/2008/04/27/high-tech-heretic-the-hidden-price-of-computers/

 Lisa points out what Stoll says and gives her opinion.

“For the dirty little secret of educational technology is that computers waste teachers’ time, both in and out of the classroom.”

Wow!  What a statement.  This jumped out at me as I was reading.  I am wondering what analysis has been done to back this statement up.  I know there are times when I feel like I have wasted some time using computers in class, but I think overall, computers have added to class, not taken away.  I guess this is the statement of a heretic. 

I don’t think that computers waste time either.  I mean I may spend too much time sometimes on one, but nothing to me is a waste–if I am learning.  When I first started reading this book, I thought that Stoll had some valid points, but the more I read, the more it seems to me that he just goes on and on about why he can’t stand computers involved in education.  I am not finished with the book yet, and only starting the chapter A Question for Balance, so I don;t know yet if there is going to be a balance in this next chapter or not.