I came across these articles this morning whilst browsing through my twitter network – one from The Telegraph and the other from The Guardian. The content of both concerns the use of technology in school, yet one focuses on the misuse and the other its positive side. One reads like the usual scaremongering, feeding the doubters with yet more nonsense whilst the other reaches out to them, encouraging them to open their eyes and embrace technology and its use in the classroom.

They made me stop and think. I enjoyed both for different reasons but I found myself been drawn towards the negative aspects of an article more than the postive. Why? Read the rest of this entry →