The Nature of Technology

1. Introduction
Michael P. Clough, Joanne K. Olson, Dale S. Niederhauser

Section I. Philosophical & Historical Issues in the Nature of Technology

2. Informing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman

3. Know thy Cyborg-Self
Gordon Hull

4. The Interpersonal Divide
Michael Bugeja

5. The Nature of Technoscience (NOTS)
Suvi Tala

6. Computer Savvy But Technologically Illiterate
Teresa J. Shume

7. Transforming Learning with Technology
David H. Jonassen

Section II. Technology’s Faustian Bargain for Education

8. Visually Dominant, Dynamic and Yet Deceptive
Jocelyn Wishart

9. Social Networking Technology and Societal Expectations for Teachers as Role Models
Joanne K. Olson, Michael P. Clough, Kimberly A. Penning

10. And Now this . . . Problem
Michael Todd Edwards, Suzanne R. Harper, Robert M. Klein

11. A Cautionary Note
Joanne K. Olson, Michael P. Clough

12. Smart Boards, Money and the Pedagogy of Watching
Amy Noelle Parks

13. The Purposes of Schooling and the Nature of Technology
Joanne K. Olson

14. Learning from Technology or Learning with Technology
Dale S. Neiderhauser

15. The Nature of Social Communication Technologies and Cyberbullying
Warren J. Blumenfeld

Section III. Teacher Education and the Nature of Technology

16. Convergence of Postman and Vygotsky Perspectives Regarding Contemporary Media’s Impact on Learning and Teaching
Benjamin C. Herman

17. Ideologies in the Conceptualization and use of Educational Technology
Heather Tillberg-Webb, Johannes Strobel

18. Implications of The Nature of Technology for Teaching and Teacher Education
Jerrid W. Kruse

Section IV. Teaching the Nature of Technology

19. Teaching about the Nature of Technology
Michael P. Clough

20. Promoting Middle School Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Technology
Jerrid W. Kruse

21. Confusion in the Classroom about the Natures of Science and Technology
James Jadrich, Crystal N. Bruxvoort

22. Technology Criticism in the Classroom
John T. Spencer

Nyckelord: Education, Education (general)