Like many others, I do believe that using technology can have significant effects in education. Not necessarily in the hands of the teachers as much as in the hands of the students.    Yes, many students today use technology more than their teachers - but - my experience in high school classrooms is that student use is not much more than texting, email, and Facebook.  None, alone or together increase student learning.  Teachers use of technology also has typically been limited to presentation/lecture or digital text instead of books.  Increasing use of presentation/lecture and digital text changes little.

When I see significant change in student learning through the use of technology, it is usually when I see student developed technology products and outcomes.  What happens with technology in the hands of students is ALL about learning when properly focused by the teacher.    What the student does with technology is more important for learning than what the teacher does.