Collins, A., & Halverson, R. (2009). Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and the Schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
This article offers arguments regarding incompatibilities between Schooling and Technology, various learning venues outside of school (workplace, distance education, learning centers, educational television, etc.), and predicts that these, “pieces might come together to comprise the fragments of a new system of education in which schools have a less central role.” The authors discuss the potential gains and losses due to the “revolution,” in education and propose the development of national certifications for academic, generic, and technical skills.
The other suggestions made by the authors since 2009 appear to have been predictions of technologies to come. They suggested developing games to teach math, machines for toddlers to help them read, computational games to challenge kids, games that foster deep learning and entrepreneurial skills, literacies with creating videos, animations, and web sites, and computers that carry out algorithms taught.
This is an excellent article for students to read and debate what they believe as the author’s opinion and bias is clearly visible in the writing with no references to support his claims. Do students agree with the incompatibilities (between schooling and technology) listed and do they still apply? Do students agree with the gains and losses listed and do they still apply? It would also be important for students to find other references that support their claims regarding their beliefs.
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