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"EdTech" is *Not* "Tech Ed"

What So Many Get So Wrong About Technology in School and the 3 Questions We Should Be Asking

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Emily Cherkin
Nov 05, 2025
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This essay is an updated reprint from the original which was posted on November 21, 2024 and can be found on my website here.

When the school I was teaching at announced the arrival of “smart boards” for our classrooms in 2012, I was underwhelmed. Theoretically, I could now project a copy of the day’s agenda onto a fancy …

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