Comments on: Salvaging What’s Good http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:13:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Doug Noon http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-49548 Doug Noon Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:52:26 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-49548 Hi Emily. The problem I'd have with the question you're trying to answer is that the terms, 'schools' and 'technology' are way too abstract to pin to any particular answer. Maybe there's a context for the question that would help narrow the possible meanings, but in general, I find that those kinds of questions aren't very productive - unless you just want to start a conversation. Schools have many institutional missions, and computer technology might be helpful at many levels. As for making a general recommendation, yes or no, I can't say. Questions like this flare up periodically in ed-tech blogs. Follow the links from <a href="http://www.stager.org/blog/2007/09/why-teachers-dont-use-web-20-historical.html" rel="nofollow">this recent article</a>, for example. Hi Emily. The problem I’d have with the question you’re trying to answer is that the terms, ’schools’ and ‘technology’ are way too abstract to pin to any particular answer. Maybe there’s a context for the question that would help narrow the possible meanings, but in general, I find that those kinds of questions aren’t very productive - unless you just want to start a conversation. Schools have many institutional missions, and computer technology might be helpful at many levels. As for making a general recommendation, yes or no, I can’t say. Questions like this flare up periodically in ed-tech blogs. Follow the links from this recent article, for example.

]]> By: Emily http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-49532 Emily Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:19:15 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-49532 Hi Doug, I am a graduate student in education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I'm taking an Educational Technology class and I am currently working on a group project in which we are examining the question: "Should schools be on the leading edge of technology?" We are doing a presentation on this topic next Friday. I read this blog entry and found it to be a useful resource for our presentation. I was also wondering if you have any opinions on this specific question. Please advise -- thank you for your time! Hi Doug,

I am a graduate student in education at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I’m taking an Educational Technology class and I am currently working on a group project in which we are examining the question: “Should schools be on the leading edge of technology?” We are doing a presentation on this topic next Friday. I read this blog entry and found it to be a useful resource for our presentation. I was also wondering if you have any opinions on this specific question. Please advise — thank you for your time!

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-45390 Doug Belshaw Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:07:50 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2007/07/21/salvaging-whats-good/#comment-45390 Great post, Doug, with some useful links for further reading. Thanks! :-) Great post, Doug, with some useful links for further reading. Thanks! :-)

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