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by Snackchez 3688 days ago
Ah, I knew I had forgotten something. I'm specifically looking at "brick and mortar" schools. The reason is that I've noticed in my school board that a lot of new technologies seem to get implemented very quickly and without proper reflection on choice. For example, almost all schools in my school board have been equipped with SmartBoards. These are huge money pits: they break down often and I see very little ROI as a teaching tool (especially within the senior level courses). But somehow, their numbers keep proliferating... This seems to be the general outlook on most technologies being implemented in the classroom.