Allen Collins and Richard Halverson Rethinking Education In The Age of Technology is a MUST read for any individual interested in the future of our Technological Education. I will go as far as saying that the book should be made a mandatory read for grades five and higher as a part of the school curriculum. The material in this book gives the reader insight on where we’ve been in education and where we’re going in educational technology. It also elaborates on our skeptics verses non-skeptics when it comes to the benefits of educational technology change in the classroom as they state, “…and while we consider the skeptics’ points fully, we hope to convince readers of the opportunities and the value of technology in learning” (Chapter 1-3, pg7). Collins and Halverson also make a good point within this book on how we THINK and should RETHINK education. They make you think about the fact that our everyday lives are affected by technology, our jobs and of course education and we need to embrace it and educate our children because our future and the future of our country depends on it.
Collins and Halverson also elaborate on Horace Mann being credited for “…leading a movement toward universal schooling that shifted the responsibility of educating children from the family to the state.” (pg. 49-50) This book also give those with understanding an even better insight how technology affects our education today and those who do not understand or disagree with educational technology change an eye opening experience of just where we (they) are headed. In other chapters of the book these guys elaborate on home schooling, where we been with it and just home important it is to our future with numbers to support what they are claiming. As the book explains, we need to Rethink how we educate our next generation to keep from being left behind. Good Book!
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This is a well-written review. I had not looked at this book as something for students, particularly students as young as fifth grade. I thought this book was thought-provoking and I think you're doing some of that here yourself. Nicely done.
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