Anyone who says that technology is just a tool hasn't used technology very much or hasn't seen what other "tools" can do. Technology has a transformative power. Does a hammer?
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15 Jul 08
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Add Sticky NoteScott Kososky has said "technology is just a tool." First thing for me to disagree with (have written about this - laptop as a digital assistant, not "just a tool.") Tool idea, in my opinion, is too limiting. A tool has one or possibly two uses, a computer has far more.
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Learn the better "see" the future - we think too short term (agreed!) - we think of performance on the short term
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Add Sticky NoteUnderstand the impact of technology (how does it change people, what they do, how they learn, how they digest information.
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Contradictory - it's not just a tool afterall?
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Add Sticky NoteEvolve how you teach with new tools. Teaching the same way and enabling is not the quantum leap forward, is just faster. Same report on Ghandi in 15 minutes that he took hours to do. Was anything learned? Both taught the same way and both learned as little
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Technology gives us a choice - do old things new ways or do new things in ways that weren't possible before the technology!
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High beam theory - if you can only see a year ahead of time, won't see far enough, think long term enough.
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