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I believe technology can assist learning, but it is not the wonder drug some think it to be. We should be more concerned with basic issues, such as students' poor reading and writing skills, the lack of time students spend reading, and the breakdown of discipline in college classrooms. Web pages may prove to be the "Sesame Street" of higher education, a useful attention-getter, but no substitute for a rigorous and engaging classroom environment.

-- Daniel W. Ross, Acting Chair, Dept. of Language and Literature, Columbus State University, Columbus, Ga. (posted 8/20, 11:30 a.m., E.D.T.)
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