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 I'm old enough to have heard the use of technology in education debated on three levels, The Radio, The Television and now The Computer. At each level there was a certain group that thought the current technology was the panacea to revolutionize education. Well the radio and the TV have been useful tools in some aspects of education but have never gained pervasive use in classrooms at any level. When they are utilized it is usually a case of misuse. Plus, it has been my experience in the classroom that overuse of any one method results eventually in a humdrum attitude on the part of the students. I think that we must keep in mind that the computer is a tool of modern society and that it is useful in some enterprises and not others. I have a passionate belief that education is a human enterprise and that we educate primarily by passing on our passion, enthusiasm and beliefs to our students, who can then use whatever tools they find comfortable to assist their study. I don't think the greatest problems in the world today are technical but human; learning to interact and work with others solve personal problems and rear our children.
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