Yeah! We should keep kids away from technology that has reached 100% saturation in all other parts of society. Schools, as places for learning, definitely shouldn't integrate tech into teaching-- after all, school is definitely only about teaching outmoded skills and not about preparing children to integrate with society.
The old way wasn't broken so why fix it, after all.
Exactly. School is about teaching and books+pen+paper is perfectly adequate for most things that they teach in elementary school.
What do you even lose by not having a laptop per child? Most of us suck at using software. Well, correction: most software sucks to use. And when has someone like an elementary teacher made a child better at using a computer..? It feels like a joke just asking that question.
And unless Bret Victor (or someone like him) has revolutionized digital teaching I'll bet that modern digital teaching is not categorically differen than the old ways (pdfs?).
It's so weird to me that you'd use this as logic for NOT teaching tech in schools.
If only there were some mechanism society had to convey knowledge about how to interact with society and common, everyday things, like some sort of centralized location you can go to where you're given the opportunity to gather and explore new information. Ideally, we'd work this concept into society in a way that the younger generation would gain these skills as soon as possible in their lives, and we'd put effort into making sure the individuals conveying that information possessed the skills they are teaching (again, through some sort of societal mechanism to instill basic knowledge)
> > > And when has someone like an elementary teacher made a child better at using a computer..? It feels like a joke just asking that question.
You're quoting this again as if it isn't critically damning to the position you're trying to convey. As though you actually believe the existence of ignorance is a logical excuse to continue perpetuating ignorance.
If only some facility had existed in that elementary school teacher's life that had instilled those skills in a way that it wouldn't be a joke?
I don't know, maybe like some sort of centralized institution where you can go to gain knowledge about basic concepts you might encounter when interacting with society. Some sort of... societal mechanism for ensuring people are competent enough to interact with their world.
Can you think of something like that?
> By obliquely and sarcastically referring to the teaching institution you have convinced me. Well played.
Well, having it stated plainly for you clearly hasn't done the trick. Sometimes different approaches are needed!
The old way wasn't broken so why fix it, after all.
/s