Technology and learning
While eating dinner with a good friend of mine, the discussion turned to RSS feeds and what not. And I got to thinking of how all this relates to the classroom...blogs, podcasts, etc etc etc.
I think right now, this whole blog thing has become the darling of the technoheads. The people that I have seen use these for classes have, more times than not, used them just for the sake of using technology. This is, obviously, a dead end road to some sort of sustainable research development in education.
Its too early (or late...does that make it earlate?) in the morning to really think about this. I had better thoughts earlier. Maybe more will follow on this later.
For now..questions in my mind:
* What relationship should there be between technology usage and teaching philosophy? How can this best be articulated?
* Are there seperate goals and objectives we should be considering when implementing technology in the classroom?
* If so, what are those goals and to what ends are they being met?
* How does all of this relate to the position Universities now occupy in contemporary culture?
More later, tomorrow I'm off to Denver!