BM>  Sheila King On (28 Jun 96) was overheard to say to Dan Triplett
BM>   SK> I think this last quote is certainly making a valid point. 
Technology
BM>   SK> is advancing so rapidly that we don't even have time to evaluate 
ts
BM>   SK> appropriate use before something new has already been invented to 
take
BM>   SK> its place. It's getting to be impossible to keep up with the new
BM>   SK> advances.
BM>   I hope I'm not misconstruing what you mean here but your comment
BM>   reminds of something that I, and others, have said here before.  It's
BM>   not always (if ever?) necessary to know everything, or even a little
BM>   bit about everything, IF you have the knowledge of where to look and
BM>   the ability to retrieve the information needed for what ever purpose.
Well, sorry, but I think you are misconstruing. I wasn't talking simply
about the information explosion. I was talking about the technology. It's
getting so that new programming languages are evolving rapidly, new Web
technology, etc..., graphing calculators. How is a teacher to keep abreast of
the possibilities?
Teachers aside, how is a private citizen supposed to do the same? We don't
even have a chance in the educational community to evaluate whether newsgroup
access is wise for school use when *BAM* the Web is available and everyone's
on it. Should we allow Web access in schools? Wait, too late. Now there's 
C.
I don't know if I'm explaining myself well. This isn't IMO a question of
knowing where to look for information. This is a case of having time to
evaluate appropriate use of new technologies before new ones emerge to take
their place.
Sheila
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