The Benefit and Danger of Education Technology

The rapid changes in technology over the last 75 years have created enormous opportunities for education.  But the ways in which rapid advances in technology are adopted have both positive and negative implications for schools and for broader society in …

An Attempt at Describing the Schools of Tomorrow

An overview of subjects discussed in the last  New York Times’ Schools for Tomorrow summit. Among other subjects, panelists addressed challenges with the school system that obstructed progress towards innovations, practical and ideological concerns about using technology in school, and …

An Open Letter to Techy Teachers

As the new school year gets underway, there will be plenty of times when the “techy” teachers are going to be asked to help others get their classrooms set up. As I spent the first few days helping my friends …