Tag Archives: Neil Postman

A Critique of Postman’s View of Technology and Schooling

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Alvin

In his book Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology, Postman cautions against what he views as a prevailing movement towards a society where technology is increasingly in control of humanity (1992). He describes a world where technology is widely … Continue reading →

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Commentary #1 — The Judgment of Thamus

Posted on October 2, 2011 by ajevne

Introduction In his book “ Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology”, Neil Postman presents Plato’s legend of the wise king Thamus’ response to the invention of writing as an instructive lesson in how societies should think about living in … Continue reading →

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Commentary #1- Role of technology in informing and transforming culture

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Leonora Zefi

The rapid development of digital technologies and their impact not only on language and literacy issues but on our society in general, prompt us to examine and question the implications of such development in our lives and on our role … Continue reading →

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Commentary on Neil Postman’s Technopoly

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Juliana

In Postman’s Technopoly, he talks about the dangers of technology.  He talks about how while it may initially bring us convenience and efficiency, it also has the potential to bring many burdens with it.  He states that his “…defense is … Continue reading →

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Where literacy and technological determinism collide

Posted on October 1, 2011 by David Symonds

The steady upward climb of humanity from the rustic simplicity of prehistoric times towards the modern digital age has been long and arduous; fraught with peril and upheaval, power shifts and cultural extinctions, and an ever-increasing rate of technological innovation. … Continue reading →

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Commentary 1: Is Rote Learning Valuable Today?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Steph

Photo posted on Flickr by Terr-Bo The main purpose of rote learning is to memorize information such as basic math skills, dates, poetry, spelling words etc. As we become more dependent on mobile devices it seems like there is less … Continue reading →

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Text could be… anything on flickr

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Jim

My understanding of the word text is continuously changing. Being asked to distinguish between text and technology through these postings has been a challenge. I could have picked any image on flickr to be representative of text. I picked the … Continue reading →

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It is up to us.

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Danielle

“Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing… you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn’t affect two-thirds of the people of the world.” … Continue reading →

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