March 24, 2014
“An examination of computer use in schools today reveals that students’ interactions with computers are largely teacher-directed, workbook-oriented, for limited periods of... Read More
March 10, 2014
“Math really is boring for most people because it is not connected with their interests and their fantasies. You can’t make it... Read More
March 6, 2014
“I noticed that a lot of the discussion of computers was dominated by questions like, just to take one example, when they... Read More
March 5, 2014
“The essence of Piaget was how much learning occurs without being planned or organized by teachers or schools. His whole point was... Read More
March 4, 2014 – We’re back!
“Once upon a time information was handled orally, writing extended what could be done orally and printing went further. The computer is... Read More
March 3, 2014 – We’re back!
“Certain notions of mathematics are not sufficiently embedded in the culture for children to learn in their natural way, so they come... Read More
August 24, 2012
“The word educology reminds us that we need a theory of education. One might say theories already exist. There is educational psychology;... Read More
August 23, 2012
“These children are engaged in something that traditional school seldom offers: serious projects that involve working on hard technical problems for many... Read More
August 22, 2012
“We need chutzpah to face down those people who say “ Hey who are we to say technology should dictate what children... Read More
August 21, 2012
“Indeed, I would argue that anything that could be implemented in a school context without extensive use of digital technologies could not... Read More