What’s good for entertainment is bad for learning

I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, and I almost never review non-fiction. The Digital Delusion is a book I felt I had to make an exception for, because it is a book in whose subject matter I have both a personal interest and a professional obligation. As a teacher with a responsibility for pedagogical standards, I have seen firsthand the incursion of digital technology into the classroom and the ever-expanding wave of digital evangelists promoting (for most, read: selling) the next app and next promise of transformative results.