Part of the series: Investigating International Edtech Issues (Turkey) My title sounds weird, doesn’t it? But believe it or not, this is how I learned what a keyboard was! It was 1993. I was 15 years-old. Computer class was an elective course at my school and in the first computer lesson our teacher drew a [...]
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The Keyboard Picture on the Blackboard by Burcu Akyol
Lack of Tech in the Land of Robots and Hybrid Cars by Neal Chambers
Part of the series: Investigating International Edtech Issues (Japan’s Edtech Issues) Before I came to Japan, I imagined a place full of people flying around on jet packs and the streets full of robots. I think growing up, we saw all those specials on TV about how Japan has theme parks powered by garbage and [...]
Investigating Germany’s Edtech Issues by Andreas Kalt
The most notable aspect of the German education system is that there is no German education system. Germany consists of sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) and it is up to each state to decide how it wants to organize the education system. There is, of course, some form of cooperation and alignment between the states. However, [...]
New Series: Investigating Global Issues in Schools
Photo from Flickr by Fox Spain / CC BY 2.0 Dear Reader, I am excited to present to you an additional series entitled, “Investigating Global Issues in Schools.” In this series, I have invited educators from across the globe to describe for us the educational systems in their countries and delineate the various challenges they [...]



