I was digging up some bookmarks and came back to this post.
I love this line:

If the learning outcome stays unchanged from the learning that occurred without the tech tool, then the “new” technology merely is a glorified (and usually more expensive) version of the traditional one used in the past.

If you are interested, I created and wrote about a new video version of this slide show:
http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/who-are-the-people-in-your-neighbourhood/

Regards,
Dave

Langwitches shares a powerpoint presentation created by another teacher on why tech is important for teachers. I wanted to share, but also highlight for my own sake, the following PowerPoint that was created by datruss on Slideshare.net. I like the poi…