EdTech Reality Check: On Trickledown EdTechonomics, Edtecho-chambers, and Kabuki Integration

Revisting a piece written in 2019 to find that...nothing has changed

Teachers did not create the delusions of digital competence that school decision makers use to justify their decisions to skimp on EdTech training. Teachers aren’t neglecting to hire integrationists. Teachers don’t have control over which EdTech platforms and services are brought in.

If anyone, school leadership should be held responsible for the success of EdTech in a school. Otherwise, what does leadership even mean?

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