March 31, 2000

Students Engage in a Transatlantic Debate on the Pros and Cons of Technology

By WENDY R. LEIBOWITZ

In a demonstration of the expanding capabilities of the Internet, college students in the United States and Britain debated each other this month using live video transmitted on the network.

The debate pitted a team from the University of Vermont against a team from the English-Speaking Union, an educational organization based in London. The two teams discussed the pros and cons of technology, with the Americans arguing that new technology is harmful and the