{"id":352,"date":"2021-09-16T17:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T00:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/?p=352"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:03:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T00:03:51","slug":"final-thoughts-on-wellers-25-years-of-ed-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0202\/final-thoughts-on-wellers-25-years-of-ed-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Thoughts on Weller’s 25 Years of Ed Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m writing this post the day after yet another government press conference, yet another public health state of emergency in Alberta, and yet another list of province-wide restrictions. K-12 students will continue to head to school, but many post-secondary institutions in <\/span>Alberta have temporarily cancelled in-person classes and moved to online learning<\/span><\/a> (CBC News, 2021). I wonder what tomorrow, what next week will look like, and it is tough not to feel \u2026 hopeless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, reading Weller\u2019s book could not have come at a better time. <\/span>25 Years in Ed Tech<\/span><\/i> is great, and I loved it. It was informative, engaging, thoughtful, reflective, and was refreshingly humourous too. After finishing the book, my brain was a windstorm of thoughts and ideas. Yes, I am a teacher in K-12 public education, and yes, this was a book that focused on ed tech in higher education. However, the take-aways go beyond Weller\u2019s stated purpose, and in fact, have implications for K-12 education and society in general as we traverse the rocky landscape of the 21st century. Here are some of my final, Weller-inspired thoughts:<\/span><\/p>\n