Watch It: The Risks And Promises Of Information Technologies For Education

by Nicholas C. Burbules, Thomas Callister Jr.

Watch IT is an examination of several critical issues in the potential of new information technology (IT) for education. IT, already central to many aspects of our lives, is rapidly becoming an integral part of teaching and learning. This book takes a close look at the positive and negative consequences of new technologies in the classroom. In a series of interrelated essays, the authors explore such issues as access, credibility, new approaches to reading and writing, the glut of information, privacy, censorship, commercialization, and globalization.

204 pages, Paperback

First published February 10, 2000

About the author

Nicholas C. Burbules is a Gutgsell Endowed Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership and an affiliate of the Unit for Criticism and Interpretative Theory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the director of the Ubiquitous Learning Institute and has served as Editor of the journal Educational Theory since 1991.

Reviews

[Cherice · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED it. Discusses issues of emerging technologies, access, censorship, literacy, privacy, etc. from a very unique perspective--one that advocates that we shouldn't lock the system down, but rather, teach kids to be critical consumers and participants in it. Although written with an audience of educators in mind, the book would actually be useful to businesses, parents, and others.