Kiersten Greene on technology in schools: “Are we doing our homework?”

October 16, 2019 00:36:02
Kiersten Greene on technology in schools: “Are we doing our homework?”
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Kiersten Greene on technology in schools: “Are we doing our homework?”

Oct 16 2019 | 00:36:02

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Show Notes

We speak with Dr. Kiersten Greene, Associate Professor of Literacy Education at SUNY New Paltz, about classroom internet use. Electronic tech’s transformational possibilities can go unfulfilled as schools buy and use tools and materials without evaluating whether they are effective or meet teachers’ needs. Huge funding sources like New York’s Smart Schools bond issue fund purchases but not professional development. Often hailed as a great equalizer, technology can reinforce economic and racial inequality while opening the door to corporatization and intensive social control.

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