Comments on: James Farmer — Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia http://www.xplanazine.com/2004/05/james-farmer-deakin-university-melbourne-australia Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kirstin http://www.xplanazine.com/2004/05/james-farmer-deakin-university-melbourne-australia#comment-6228 Kirstin Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:45:48 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2004/05/james-farmer-deakin-university-melbourne-australia#comment-6228 I couldn't agree with you more. Technology need not be used in schools just because it is available. The potential for technology to enhance education certainly exists. Communication and community need to be the focus here, rather than creating virtual communities or mindnumbing technocratic skills. Computers exist to help us, we make the rules of use, not the other way round. Your perspective is interesting and I hope to hear many more ideas on this topic when I give a presentation on technology in education, in particular the largely unharnessed potential to enhance the connections with our world, in my tutorial group at Monash Gippsland. I couldn’t agree with you more. Technology need not be used in schools just because it is available. The potential for technology to enhance education certainly exists. Communication and community need to be the focus here, rather than creating virtual communities or mindnumbing technocratic skills. Computers exist to help us, we make the rules of use, not the other way round.

Your perspective is interesting and I hope to hear many more ideas on this topic when I give a presentation on technology in education, in particular the largely unharnessed potential to enhance the connections with our world, in my tutorial group at Monash Gippsland.

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