Sometimes All That Technology We Buy Fails and We Need to Admit It

I am not sure EdTech has ever found a technology they did not like or they labeled a failure.

EdTech gurus often say that when a technology initiative or technology program fails, it’s always due to either:

1-Lack of proper training

2-Lack of fidelity of implementation.

Very rarely will you hear, “Well, that technology use was a flop!” It is never the technology that was the problem.

Gun advocates say similar. Its the people who use technology, not the technology. (Notice you can change the word technology to guns here.)

It’s not visionary to hang on to what isn’t working just because it “looks like you’re innovative.” Or, because technology justifies your existence or job or your consulting position.

Cell phones and screens as well as tech are disruptive all right.

Their engineering for addiction works all too well. They demand the students’ focus and attention because that’s what Big Tech wants, their eyeballs glued to devices.