Thursday, June 7, 2007

Article: Technology is Schools--Some Say it Doesn't Compute

In this article, researchers admit that they can't say yet whether technology helps students achieve educational goals. When all of the computers are hooked up to only one server, the downloading of information can be slowed. Additional problems, ranging from problems with posture, carpal tunnel, emissions from the computers themselves, loss of activity sitting in front of a terminal, material not relevant to the curriculum, one-dimensional learning (not reaching all of the senses and therefore, not letting students be active learners).
I have to agree with the article when it says, "the internet will not come close to replacing even the most ordinary library book." The computer cannot and will not take the palce of a good teacher!

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