The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved

Oppenheimer, T. (1983). The flickering mind: The false promise of technology in the classroom and how learning can be saved. N.Y., N.Y.: Random House.

Oppenheimer's discourse lays out the notion that schools today are reliant upon technology in such a way that it is quietly reshaping the culture of education and transforming the experience of student learning. His thesis based on real-world classroom and school case-studies outlines this breakdown of society, as the taking advantage of the digital culture we've created worsens the future climate students are growing into. Taking a look at the digital trends, the flickering mind is the loss of the human element of our youth, the one capable of emoting, feeling, listening, and being human is quite literally flickering away in the wake of the digital revolution.