Classroom technologies for control v. collaboration

Apologies if this study has been mentioned in the discussion already. It would seem the only 21st-century
technologies at use in most classrooms are based on 18th-century politics.

"Report: US teachers use tech to manage, not educate, students"
http://www.blog.still-water.net/?p=839

Blogs, wikis, videoconferencing? "No thanks," say most professors; "PeopleSoft and PowerPoint will do."

American universities have taken fire recently, from tenured academics like Andrew Hacker who claim its
lost sight of its liberal arts mission, to college drop-outs like Bill Gates who think students can learn
everything they need from the Web (this from the guy who thought the Internet would never amount to much).

Classroom technology to the rescue, proposes a new government report entitled "Transforming American
Education: Learning Powered by Technology." Not so fast, counters a recent national study. This
assessment, the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement, found that most professors who turn to technology
gravitate to tech that helps them administer classes, like Blackboard and PeopleSoft, rather than
technology that empowers student expression and feedback.

"Only 13 percent of the professors surveyed said they used blogs in teaching; 12 percent had tried
videoconferencing; and 13 percent gave interactive quizzes using "clickers," or TV-remotelike
devices that let students respond and get feedback instantaneously. The one technology that most
teachers use regularly--course-management systems--focuses mostly on housekeeping tasks like
handing out assignments or keeping track of student grades. The survey, answered by 4,600 professors
nationwide, did not ask about PowerPoint, which anecdotal evidence suggests is ubiquitous as a
replacement for overhead and slide projectors."