Comments on: Technology is Still the Bogeyman http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2009/02/technology-is-still-the-bogeyman/ Musings about Academic Technology Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:30:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: The End in Mind » To Act or To Be Acted Upon http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2009/02/technology-is-still-the-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 The End in Mind » To Act or To Be Acted Upon Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:44:15 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=42#comment-1101 [...] Technology is not the bogeyman. Low levels of student engagement in the classroom is not a new problem. Remember low-tech texting? [...] [...] Technology is not the bogeyman. Low levels of student engagement in the classroom is not a new problem. Remember low-tech texting? [...]

]]> By: jonmott http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2009/02/technology-is-still-the-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 jonmott Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:03:22 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=42#comment-1056 Hey Corey. Great to hear from you! I love the reference RE Greek gods & writing. Very nice. I hadn't heard of wi5connect--sounds pretty cool. It's right in line with some thoughts I've been having about connecting web 2.0 tools with CMS/LMS apps. Drop me a note--I'd love to get together and talk about it in more detail. Hey Corey. Great to hear from you! I love the reference RE Greek gods & writing. Very nice. I hadn't heard of wi5connect–sounds pretty cool. It's right in line with some thoughts I've been having about connecting web 2.0 tools with CMS/LMS apps. Drop me a note–I'd love to get together and talk about it in more detail.

]]> By: Corey Spencer http://www.jonmott.com/blog/2009/02/technology-is-still-the-bogeyman/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Corey Spencer Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:40:04 +0000 http://www.jonmott.com/blog/?p=42#comment-1055 I have to agree with you Jon. <br><br>I remember in Postman's book Technopoly he starts by telling the story of one of the Greek gods who invented writing. This "technology" was panned by the other gods. They were critical because this new invention would cause man to be lazy. They wouldn't have to remember anything if they could just write it down. <br><br>My guess is that the gods were worried that their subjects would be distracted during their lectures with that silly little "writing" trend.<br><br>This isn't a knock on the academic world, but in the private sector we can't worry about how our learners "should" learn, but how they DO learn in everyday life. It seems to me that the classrooms are always a few generations behind the way the students use technology in everyday life.<br><br>One of the companies I started (<a href="http://www.wi5connect" rel="nofollow">www.wi5connect</a>) is using the technology of social networking and blending it with a custom learning management system to create tool sets for community learning as well as formal learning. It's worked well for FrankinCovey, Omniture and 1-800-Contacts. I'd love to see how it would work in a college classroom. I have to agree with you Jon.

I remember in Postman's book Technopoly he starts by telling the story of one of the Greek gods who invented writing. This “technology” was panned by the other gods. They were critical because this new invention would cause man to be lazy. They wouldn't have to remember anything if they could just write it down.

My guess is that the gods were worried that their subjects would be distracted during their lectures with that silly little “writing” trend.

This isn't a knock on the academic world, but in the private sector we can't worry about how our learners “should” learn, but how they DO learn in everyday life. It seems to me that the classrooms are always a few generations behind the way the students use technology in everyday life.

One of the companies I started (http://www.wi5connect) is using the technology of social networking and blending it with a custom learning management system to create tool sets for community learning as well as formal learning. It's worked well for FrankinCovey, Omniture and 1-800-Contacts. I'd love to see how it would work in a college classroom.

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