A School That's Too High On Gizmos
Patrick Welsh,
Washington Post,
Feb 11, 2008
Patrick Welsh, who has taught English at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, for the last 30 years, is not impressed with the new $98 million facility and isn't hesitant to say so, penning (no doubt!) a paean in the Washington post for overhead projectors (that are "far superior to computers for getting certain concepts across"), whiteboards (!) and good teaching. "Technology is just a tool," we are told, "not an end in itself. It will never replace good teaching." Maybe not. But for the people who cannot afford to attend $98 million schools - with or without gizmos - it already has. Via Will Richardson.
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