Almost every day, you can find an education story about a school introducing the latest technology into a classroom. For example, take a look at this Las Vegas Sun story, "Teachers Give Students Apples, Hope iPads Boost Test Scores."
There's nothing wrong with providing digital natives with the kind of tech tools they naturally turn to as a way to enhance learning.
But in a recent Washington Post column, Karim Khai Ani, founder of Mathalicious, writes that it should surprise anyone when new technology doesn't always lead to new and improved outcomes.
"We in society have a kind of blind faith that technology is able to solve all our problems. Yet while the iPad can and should replace textbooks, it can't replace common sense," Ani writes.
"Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happening in education reform. We're focused so much on the device that we're ignoring what's on it." Ani continued. Click here to read all of Ani's post.
There is a middle ground and Chris Dawson, edtech writer for ZDNet, is trying to carve it out. Dawson believes that more technology in the classroom means finding new ways to measure academic success.
Click here to read more about Dawson's viewpoint.
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