This is actually a podcast episode from The 10-Minute Teacher Show with Vicki Davis. Vicki Davis is an “edupreneur” with 20 years of experience in the classroom and with education technology. This is an interview-type conversation between her and Deb Ramm, an Instructional Technology Coordinator for a school system in Rhode Island, also with around 20 years of experience.
They talk about various challenges and questions that arise when teachers start to delve and explore more into the world of education technology. The biggest take-away from this interview though is the quote Davis references that they both agree with: “The greatest software for innovation in the world is the human brain.” Ramm’s career is dedicated to training teachers on how to use computer programs, iPads, interactive whiteboards, and so many other things, but at the end of the day, Ramm acknowledges that technology is not the end-all, be-all of education. Education technology is supposed to be empowering, but not should not be used as a crutch.