Are teachers simply using ICT for the sake of using them? Several articles indicate that ICT does not automatically add quality to teaching and learning. It is possible to use information and communication technologies for trivial purposes. I agree with this view.
Used inappropriately teachers can use ICT to waste students’ time. I have experienced many “workshops” where many "teacher educators" don’t appear to have a clue about using ICT appropriately. Along with my peers the term “death by PowerPoint” has been coined to describe these experiences.
Although I have made suggestions about improving these workshop presentations in the past I continue to experience the pain of having to sit through hours of PowerPoint and some silly group activity (possibility included to show they know about groupwork). All I want is to attend a workshop that is acually useful.
The icing on the cake was at a recent CSEC workshop where were were to learn about software by engaging in a very powerful process. You guessed it. Death by PowerPoint!
Here's a hint. People leave these workshop early not because teachers are not interested or are looking for time off. It is because teacher educators are boring, and time can be spent elsewhere in more productive activity. Does this sounds like the rationale some students use when breaking class?
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