Tim Stahmer at AssortedStuff wrote an excellent take on a recent post by Seth Godin. Mr. Godin’s post looks at the way we humans tend to attack problems with the same tools every time, regardless of the situation, the economy, etc.

The tools an individual or a business will habitually grab are the tools already available in their toolbox. Which means that if chainsaws are the only tool in a given toolbox, the solution to that toolbox owner’s problem will always be to cut the crap out of it and proclaim it solved. If there are only hammers in the box, then every problem looks like a nail, and hammering that sucker home will always be the solution.

Mr. Stahmer looked at Godin’s post from the standpoint of someone in the education trenches, and wonders eloquently how technology in the classroom could be improved upon if the folks in charge began noticing how the world is changing and started using something besides a hammer.

Posted by Alexa Harrington

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