What is the deal, Rich? Is the Internet and technology going to save the educational system or destroy any literacy still present in our society?
In my opinion, it will do neither. Intelligent and curious minds will have a powerful new tool to help them and those who could care less about learning or exploring will not benefit at all. My “C” students will still be “C” students and my “A” students will still be “A” students. I get a little scared for some reason when I see administrators getting ready to spend billions of dollars on technology for the classroom – it runs towards that “throw money at problems” solution that has never worked in the past with education. Attitudes need to change first. Until they do, no amount of money or high technology will measurably improve the American educational system, in my opinion. I doubt the intractable old issues of literacy and learning will essentially change. For example, what does it matter that the great works of literature and philosophy are now freely accessible online when many people cannot read well enough to understand them? Or if they don’t care? Yet for those who do care the
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- What is the deal, Rich? Is the Internet and technology going to save the educational system or destroy any literacy still present in our society?
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