Response to Educational Technology Chapter

While there are pros and cons to the technological transformation in schools, the author of the article did a great job bringing us back to what's important. Good teaching, great strategies, and staying focused on the targets (where we are going). Technology is another tool to support this work. It will be the most effective tool in some circumstances and the least effective in others. Good teachers who know good teaching (strategies, targets, ways of learning, engagement, assessment, etc.) will be able to effectively discriminate among tools, utilizing a variety to cement student learning.