Schools are focusing on the wrong objective when it comes to using technology in their classrooms. They should focus just as much on how they teach.
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More pupils in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa are taking smartphones to school. These can be useful learning tools – or terrible distractions.
There’s a great deal of debate about what devices schools should be using. But educators should be focusing on how children learn, not what they learn on.
To prepare teachers for the 21st century, we need to reform the way we assess children.
Recent research which examined a group of Australian schools found laptops did make a positive difference to learning.
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Associate Professor in Education & Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor in Information Systems, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Economics, Carleton University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Distinguished Research Professor, Monash University
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Professor, Teacher Education, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Social Impact, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University
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Adjunct Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Use of ICT and Social Media, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health; and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Doctoral Candidate, Media and Communication, University of Stavanger
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Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Durham University