Jeff McQuillan: Books before bytes
Jeff McQuillan: "Books before bytes"
re (Michael Hiltzik)
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 5, 2012
To the Editor:
Kudos to Michael Hiltzik for his column ("Hyping tech will not help students," February 5) criticizing federal officials for overselling the benefits of technology to K-12 schools. As co-producer of the most popular educational podcast in the world (ESLPod.com's English as a Second Language Podcast), I'm no enemy of new technology.
But our students need nutrition, health care, quality teachers and librarians, and (especially here in California)
re (Michael Hiltzik)
Sent to the Los Angeles Times, Feb. 5, 2012
To the Editor:
Kudos to Michael Hiltzik for his column ("Hyping tech will not help students," February 5) criticizing federal officials for overselling the benefits of technology to K-12 schools. As co-producer of the most popular educational podcast in the world (ESLPod.com's English as a Second Language Podcast), I'm no enemy of new technology.
But our students need nutrition, health care, quality teachers and librarians, and (especially here in California)