Computers In Schools - What Are the Cons? (October 19, 2004)

One of my pet peeves about education is the fact that more money has been spent on administration than actually teaching, or more importantly, students learning

This post at Xeebra.com revisits it: :: View topic - Are Computers Wrecking Schools?

It links to the article Are Computers Wrecking Schools?, which is an interesting perspective. In fact, it's one that I am constantly aware of.

It reminds me a bit of "Academic Freedom In The Age of the

University" by Metzger, published in 1961. It's unavailable at the time

of this writing:

0231085125:Product Link on Barnes & Noble.com.

Maybe you'll get lucky, but I doubt it.

So a new author has tackled a similar problem - only from a

different angle and I am very intrigued. Todd Openheimer wrote the book

'The Flickering Mind' which I will read as soon as I get:

The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved

As a member of the Computers In Society

group, which is focusing on schools right now, it's important to

balance the use of technology with the needs of the students and

teachers - and any information on that, I am willing to read.

Too often we rush in and forget that first we must do no harm.