Technology and Education Seminar

Agenda for Session 2 (March, 1998)

Announcements and Ventings

• Adjusting the reading load and focus.
• Reflections on CS92, NetTech, etc.
• Connections between the readings and your work?

Scheffler (1986) and Cuban (1993)

Postman (1995), and Berry (1990)

Kranzberg (1985) and Castells (1996)

Ellul (1965)

For Next Time:

• Judith Sandholtz, et al. from Teaching and Technology (1997)

• Elizabeth Hanson-Smith's "Technology in the Classroom: Practice and Promise in the 21st Century." (1997)

• Seymour Papert from The Connected Family

• Joseph Weizenbaum from Computer Power and Human Reason

• Larry Hickman's "Populism and the Cult of the Expert" (1992)

Each reading will be assigned to a particular member of the seminar, who is responsible for posting questions/notes prior to our next meeting on the 16th of April.