Booknoise.net | The Flickering Mind The Flickering Mind The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved By Todd Oppenheimer

An interesting web site for an interesting looking book. For a flavor of what Oppenheimer thinks of some of the uses of technology in our classrooms, take a look at this excerpt...

I'm going to go pick up the book today. From reading the reviews and looking around the web site, I'm thinking I'm inclined to agree with him. The realy interesting uses of technology, where I believe it is relevant and useful is in the arts (photography, video, animation, writing...) but most of the folks I work with have latched on to computers as a glorified workbooks... And don't get me started on the insanity of PowerPoint...