When it comes to research that fails to establish a causal effect (as in the previous post), nothing beats the flood of headline-making studies claiming that technology is messing with human brains.
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Questioning Technology
I was first introduced to the work of Neil Postman when my advisor in the College of Education loaned me a copy of “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” and the text to a speech he gave the same year based on that book, entitled “Bullshit and the Art of Crap-Detection”.
His basic thesis, that teaching should not be about the transfer of facts but instead should be focused on teaching kids to ask and explore meaningful questions, is even more valid these days. And developing their “crap detectors”.
We’ve Been Here Before
In a previous post, I mentioned that many of the sessions at our annual edtech conference, focused on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom.
I didn’t get to see more than a few minutes of any of those presentations, but since then I’ve reviewed some of the materials posted by the speakers and read much more about the ideas being presented for the use of AI in education.
And it all seems very familiar.
The Cost of Being Artificially Intelligent
What is the cost of artificial intelligence?
I have a free account on ChatGPT but, as this episode from the Marketplace Tech podcast (and many other sources) remind us, “just because a service doesn’t charge users doesn’t mean it doesn’t have costs”.
Beware The Reality Distortion Field
Continuing on the theme of technology hype, a tech columnist for the Post reminds us of the over-the-top hoopla that surrounded the rollout of 5G a few years ago.