In Defense of Teachers: Unfair Expectations in Making, Coding and Tech - Medium | iPads, MakerEd and More  in Education | Scoop.it

Multiple times per week, I see claims on social media that teachers "who aren’t coding are somehow causing inequities amongst students or are inefficient themselves.


It’s mind boggling to me that people can say this and even more so considering that the same statement used to be said about teachers who fail to use technology when we all know that having a teacher who puts her/his heart and soul into students trumps tech every time.



Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely believe that kids should indeed have access to use technology just as teachers should be using it but this generic message of tech being the definer of great teaching ignores all of the systemic inequities that keep it from happening.


…just as it does with making/tinkering/coding"