Also from the May 19, 1996 Edupage:
-> TECHNOLOGY AS A JUNK FOOD
-> In the next issue of Educom Review, technology visionary Alan Kay
-> says in an article on "the use and misuse of computers in education"
-> that it makes him sad to be shown a classroom full of children
-> joyfully using computers: "This is technology as a junk food --
-> people love it but there is no nutrition to speak of."  In the
-> July/August issue you will also meet learning technology entrepreneur
-> Bernie Gifford, Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, and tele- communications
-> policy expert Eli Noam, and read about "Ethics Online," "Should
-> Distance Learning be Rationed," and much more.   (Educom Review
-> Jul/Aug 96; for info:  offer@educom.edu).
FWIW, I have had several "discussions" with others in Usenet about
whether we should be using computers to teach math in the classroom.
There are some (apparently) well educated engineers and computer science
professionals who are telling me that we should NOT be using the
computers in education, that what is needed is more basic and also more
emphasis on analytic skills which do not require technology.
Sheila
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