Category Archives: educationtechnology

New Book – Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning

Posted on February 25, 2021 by geoffcain

Audrey Watters has written a new book about the history of education technology: Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning. When I get a hold of a copy, I will write something up here and link to other reviews. A … Continue reading →

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Edu Tech Time Machine

Posted on January 16, 2016 by geoffcain

This should be filed under “the-more-things-change-the-more-they-remain-the-same” if I had such a file. I was waiting in the library for a faculty member to return from a meeting the other day and I took off the shelf the Jan. 1960 copy … Continue reading →

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PowerPoint as an Interactive Teaching Tool

Posted on October 19, 2012 by geoffcain

PowerPoint is on every computer in this college and every college I have worked with. Students, faculty, and staff use and abuse it every day. Those of you who know me know that I am not particularly an advocate of … Continue reading →

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New Education Technology Changes Everything

Posted on April 9, 2011 by geoffcain

Image via WikipediaI am reading a book on a “new” educational technology. Everything in the book is hauntingly familiar. We have heard these warnings about technology and education before. Its “…importance as an instrument of instruction in the common school, … Continue reading →

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