* “Digital divide” no longer signifies that underprivileged students are at a disadvantage for not having tech; these students are now at a disadvantage because their education relies too much on that tech–as opposed to having smaller class sizes, more face-to-face classes, more tutors and teachers with job security, etc.
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 
Very well said. The way computers are used never did live up to the promotion to accept them as making life easier, making the office paperless, etc.
Technology, a nothing buzzword thrown around for anything. In modern times mostly for computer technology. In many cases the computer or digital technology is over rated over promoted and in reality useless. For me to quantify all this would take a page of commentary.
A decade or go I read the book The Death of Common Sense by Phillip Howard. Not too long ago I read The Dumbest Generation by Mark Bauerlein (I hope I spelled both thier names correctly, I’m using my not too good memory cells). Sadly they are both quite true of modern USA society.
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I have assigned my students blog and website projects, and there is value in that. They need to learn the skills to adjust to new digital platforms and to produce products on them. The point is to be an adaptable thinker/worker. But they also need to be critical of the tech they use. Control the hammer; don’t let the hammer control you. What’s even more important is developing the ability to unplug, because depending on any one kind of tech—especially screen-based tech—turns our brains into a series of thoughtless habits. There’s no innovation in that.
P.S. Today my students are revising papers on computers in class. My workshop directions were typed on my Olympia SG1 and posted on our website. Why? I have more control over formatting and it demonstrates the labor of writing (and the writing won’t vanish if the website fails).
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