Saturday, June 27, 2015

The hypocrisy of developed-world educational technology proponents - Education - A World Bank blog on the power of investing in people

Education - A World Bank blog on the power of investing in people
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Increasingly, there is a curious trend in America in which the country’s wealthiest, best-educated, most tech-savvy parents work hard and pay good money to keep their children away from digital technology. For example, executives at companies like Google and eBay send their children to a Waldorf school where electronic gadgets are banned until the eighth grade. And, Steve Jobs famously told a reporter that he didn’t let his children use iPads: “We limit how much technology our kids use at home”.

What is it that these parents know? And, how should it affect technology policy in education around the world?



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1 comment:

  1. Hey Steve, Thought provoking.. I would love to hear from these parents.. Will post this up on our twitter to get some response from our followers.

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