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The title is, on the face of it, an odd claim. PedTech clearly is a thing — there is a book about it, a series of posts on this blog unpacking its implications, and a growing body of practice around it. So what does it mean to say PedTech is not a thing?

PedTech is not a thing in the way that EdTech is a thing. It is not a tool. You cannot pick it up, deploy it, or choose between versions of it.

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The notion that you can have a 'PedTech tool' is fundamentally flawed. Let me explain why.

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This is part of a series addressing common misconceptions about what a PedTech approach actually involves. The first post in the series includes three misconceptions:

  • Misconception 1 PedTech and EdTech complement each other
  • Misconception 2 EdTech is about 'system level' technology whilst PedTech is about 'classroom' or 'learner level' technology
  • Misconception 3 PedTech advocates a particular pedagogical stance

This post goes deeper — to a mistake that is easy to make precisely because it looks like good practice.

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