Computing in the Classroom-From “Teaching Machine” to the promise of 21st c. learning technology

On November 11, 1953, psychology professor B.F. Skinner sat in a fourth-grade math class, perturbed. It was Parents Day at his daughter Deborah’s school. The lesson seemed grossly inefficient: students proceeded through the material in lock-step, at the same pace; … Continue reading Computing in the Classroom-From “Teaching Machine” to the promise of 21st c. learning technology