3 December 2020 Daniel Greenberg Educators are still spending way too much time trying to control what kids learn, bending the content to their own purposes, hoping beyond hope to change – by using technology – but not change too much.
3 December 2020 Daniel Greenberg So, I see technology as a Trojan Horse: It looks like a wonderful thing, but they are going to regret introducing it into the schools because it simply can’t be controlled.
3 December 2020 Daniel Greenberg But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own – we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents.
3 December 2020 Daniel Greenberg Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them.
