This is the 28th day in a 30 day challenge from Teach Thought.
Day 28: Respond: Should technology drive curriculum, or vice versa?
This almost sounds like the age-old question of which came first the chicken or the egg. The curriculum should drive technology, not the other way around. In fact, technology should be used to enhance the curriculum.
There should be a need and a purpose for technology being used in the classroom. The technology should complement the curriculum. Technology and the curriculum it supplements should adapt to the needs of our students.
Unfortunately, some schools jump in and purchase a tech tool or program thinking it will be the magic bullet to fix whatever ails them. Too often, in a few weeks' time reality sets in and teachers discover the tech doesn't fit the needs of some of their students. Or, worse yet, the infrastructure of the school doesn't support the tech. Then is sits in a closet or on a shelf collecting dust.
It's a mistake to assume, with curriculum or tech, that one size fits all. Our students' needs are diverse and to let anything except those needs drive the curriculum or Ed tech is careless.
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