Socrates
An article today in The Chronicle of Higher Education probes the usually-assumed, seldom-challenged point that classroom teachers have to compete with technology. What if that assumption is not true? What if technology can prepare students to benefit from their teacher’s time, knowledge, and insights? There are many points and comments to value in the Chronicle piece, but why is the headline so negative toward the role of technology in teaching?: College 2.0: Teachers Without Technology Strike Back
Would not Socrates have loved it if he could have told students to take their laptops to wireless hotspots and there explore everything written in the world about a subject? Socrates would then tell these students to keep their laptops closed when they have returned to discourse that subject with him.
Socrates would likely view today’s assumed conflict between teaching and technology as a paradox.
