Eisenberg Michael
Department of Computer Science and Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
New Dir Youth Dev. 2010 Winter;2010(128):25-33. doi: 10.1002/yd.372.
"Educational technology" is often equated in the popular imagination with "computers in the schools." But technology is much more than merely computers, and education is much more than mere schooling. The landscape of child-accessible technologies is blossoming in all sorts of directions: tools for communication, for physical construction and fabrication, and for human-computer interaction. These new systems and artifacts allow educational designers to think much more creatively about when and where learning takes place in children's lives, both within and outside the classroom.
在大众的想象中，“教育技术”常常等同于“学校里的计算机”。但技术远不止是计算机，教育也远不止是上学。面向儿童的技术领域正朝着各种方向蓬勃发展：通信工具、实体建造和制造工具以及人机交互工具。这些新系统和制品使教育设计者能够更具创造性地思考儿童生活中学习发生的时间和地点，无论是在课堂内还是课堂外。
