Can students have too much tech? Probably not. TV didn't ruin kids, and neither will the Internet. But this article is completely correct that more technology is not a panacea. Putting more technology into classrooms does not, by itself, improve learning outcomes.
Science and engineering, at the university level, are still largely taught the same way they have been for 100 years. This has not hampered the ability of engineers to dream up and create amazing and innovative products, nor the ability of mathematicians and scientists to push the boundaries of their respective fields. If (when) an engineering student takes a course on differential equations and doesn't grasp the material well enough to apply it to their future work, that's much more likely to be because:
a) They didn't understand how these concepts would be applied to practical engineering work and thus failed to apply themselves; or
b) They found lectures difficult to follow and didn't have any resources to fall back on (e.g. professor office hours; teaching assistants)
not c) There wasn't enough technology in the classroom
Technology is needed for vocational training - whatever technology would be used to do the job needs to be present in the classroom. But in primary/secondary school and university, you need to teach fundamental, abstract skills and a chalkboard is perfectly adequate for that.
Science and engineering, at the university level, are still largely taught the same way they have been for 100 years. This has not hampered the ability of engineers to dream up and create amazing and innovative products, nor the ability of mathematicians and scientists to push the boundaries of their respective fields. If (when) an engineering student takes a course on differential equations and doesn't grasp the material well enough to apply it to their future work, that's much more likely to be because:
a) They didn't understand how these concepts would be applied to practical engineering work and thus failed to apply themselves; or b) They found lectures difficult to follow and didn't have any resources to fall back on (e.g. professor office hours; teaching assistants)
not c) There wasn't enough technology in the classroom
Technology is needed for vocational training - whatever technology would be used to do the job needs to be present in the classroom. But in primary/secondary school and university, you need to teach fundamental, abstract skills and a chalkboard is perfectly adequate for that.