{"id":2230,"date":"2014-10-20T10:01:11","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T14:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:08:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T11:08:19","slug":"taking-the-lid-off-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/taking-the-lid-off-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the lid off technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The unintended consequences of branded tech in the classroom<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/taking-the-lid-off-technology\/#.Yit7W3rMI2w\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tiie_podcast_square_logo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The unintended consequences of branded tech in the classroom\" class=\"wp-image-1774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tiie_podcast_square_logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tiie_podcast_square_logo-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/tiie_podcast_square_logo.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/taking-the-lid-off-technology\/#.Yit7W3rMI2w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 21st Century Classroom<\/a>, Tarrant Institute graduate research fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/mark-olofson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Olofson <\/a>and I take a look at one of the premises of <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/twentyfirstiPad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a> on the ill-fated city-wide rollout of iPads in Los Angeles classrooms, &#8220;Los Angeles schools need to think outside the iPad&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of problems arose during and after the rollout that make valuable intellectual fodder for any school or district in their 1:1 planning phase, but the article&#8217;s author, Nathan Schneider raises an interesting point about how who makes the tech students use on a daily basis can shape their world-view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So give episode #4, &#8220;Taking the lid off technology&#8221; a listen, and as always, we love to hear your feedback. This week&#8217;s music is by Chrissy Jackson, and you can find more of her Creative Commons-licensed sounds at <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/chrissij\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her Soundcloud page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can subscribe to The 21st Century Classroom&nbsp;via <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-21st-century-classroom\/id917317122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/innovativeed\/sets\/our-podcast-the-21st-century\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>, or just keep tuning in here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/4-takingthelidofftechnology_revised.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unintended consequences of branded tech in the classroom In this episode of The 21st Century Classroom, Tarrant Institute graduate research fellow Mark Olofson and I take a look at one of the premises of this article on the ill-fated city-wide rollout of iPads in Los Angeles classrooms, &#8220;Los Angeles schools need to think outside &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/taking-the-lid-off-technology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Taking the lid off technology&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[14,102,52,245],"class_list":["post-2230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century-classroom","tag-14","tag-current-events","tag-ipads","tag-open-source"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2230"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44748,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2230\/revisions\/44748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}