CEP953Teachers and Technology

Raven Wallaceravenmw@msu.edu513G Erickson Hall

353-9272http://www.msu.edu/course/cep/953/

http://blackboard.msu.edu/

• Why not TEACHING and technology?• Why technology at all?

Why “Teachers and Technology”?

Why “Teachers and Technology”?

• The Invisibility of the Teacher

• The Inevitability of Technology

The Invisibility of the Teacher

• For understandable (historical) reasons:– Software development (focus on

student learning)– Software deployment (focus on

creating a successful environment)

The Invisibility of the Teacher

• As a result of hidden assumptions– That technology “teaches”– That technology can be “teacher-

proof”– That technology is “only a tool”– That uses of technology (and other

tools) are self-evident and self-fulfilling

Teaching v. Teacher

• Teaching is used to describe interactions in which students learn -- human or not.

• Teacher puts the focus on the person

• Why not TEACHING and technology?• Why technology at all?

Why “Teachers and Technology”?

The Inevitability of Technology

• Technology has penetrated American classrooms

• Teachers are expected to teach with “technology”

• It matters what they do, how they do it • Research can contribute

THE OUTCOMES ARE NOT INEVITABLE

Plan for the course

• Today: Assumptions about technology, views of technology (Lang movie: Bennett & Gelernter; Nardi)

• Next week: history of teachers and technology (Cuban book)

• Complete schedule and syllabus by the next class