This book is about 10 years old but is still a sobering read:
Larry Cuban
Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/edskas/Cuban%2520article%2520-%2520oversold.pdf&pli=1
I think I also recently read that some Maine school district that
decided to buy an iPad for every one of its KINDERGARTENERS is the same
that previously bought iBooks for an older grade despite no evidence
showing that the iBooks improved student performance.
Judy
On Mon, 24 Oct 2011, Scott Rossi wrote:
"Some education experts say that the push to equip classrooms with computers
is unwarranted because studies do not clearly show that this leads to better
test scores or other measurable gains."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-va
lley-technology-can-wait.html
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