On the other hand, tech in the classroom has never been demonstrated to improve educational results at all, other than for various disabled kids, who have been helped by it.
In all seriousness I think we are still in the discovery process of what tech will help with and what it won’t.
> I think we are still in the discovery process of what tech will help with and what it won’t.
In 40 years of computers in the class, we've discovered that tech in the classroom doesn't help with anything.
Honestly, they've learned way more programming at home. I mean more than the zero they've done at school.
Learning strict syntax and semantics is the most difficult for students just starting out with programming. It's not wasting time at all. Programming on paper can work great, as long as the syntax is well-defined and graded for.
Not sure how to explain, but there was no need to have any extra time spent on getting the syntax right. If you could figure out the logic, that was what you were supposed to be learning.
I even fixed the command prompt to display which git branch I'm on, but that's not enough.
That's sort of like saying that writing is helped tremendously by access to pen and paper.
Usually the question of "does tech in the classroom help" is related to overall educational outcomes. And where it's not so clear is the fact that, well, overall educational outcomes in the US have been on a downward trend for decades despite access to tech in the classroom only increasing over time.
Note that the SATs have been renormed a couple of times.
I'd say this one is probably a wash, whereas in the other subjects it's actively harmful.
In every job you will use a computer.