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 Teaching and Technology by M.W. Apple

  1. If the blame is being placed on education like the author claims, why is education not better funded?
  2. In all of the PD classes the author lists why isn't there more of an emphasis on determing the validity of information found on th internet?
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge by P. Mishra and M. J. Koehler
  1. Why did the author put the emphasis on standard and advanced technologies when the majority of the article focuses on only the advanced?
  2. The author states that the focus to learn and adapt to new technologies will be more important than learning how each software works. What would the classes teaching educators how to learn and adapt to technology look like?
  3. "Newer technologies often disrupt the status quo, requiring teachers to reconfigure not just their understanding of technology but of all three components"  Did the pandemic accerlate this shift to new technologies? Was it a good or bad shift?
The Net Generation as Preservice Teachers by S. Kumar and K. Vigil
  1. Could the lack of interaction with educational technology as students be from having teachers that are from the older generation that didn't use as much tech?

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