Emory's+Critique

I too agree that using technology in Silicon Valley schools as a analogy for the rest of the nation and schools is a big stretch. I think the most valid points he makes concern the waste of spending money on just the hardware of technology without also spending the money to support that technology and the users. Students seeking an Instructional Technology degree might read much of the book as an endorsement for more Instructional Technologists in schools to support the technology investment. I think this book is worth the read because it may ask more questions that will provoke examination of one's own current technology program and future plans at both the school and district levels.

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