Hi Carl,
    The object of the subject is subjective. I was responding to the
    thought that computers don't teach anything. No thing teaches
    anything if you want to get crazy about it. But I guess really I
    missed your point , at that point, when I pointed out ...
CB-> BA>   Change the word computers to books.
CB-> BA>   It's worth a chuckle.
CB-> BA>   Mind you I'm not implying that computers will serve the functions 
of
CB-> BA>   books any time in the forseeable future. Someone might well say 
that
CB-> BA>   books only provide answers too. Computers like books are only 
tools.
And you replied..
CB->Hmmm--think about this--how many teachers do you know that have a phone 

     None, but they (we) all ought too. Wow, what a tool!
CB->their classroom? How many teachers ever had access to equipment for 
filming
CB->and showing 16mm films, film strips, slides, etc.. Do all of the teachers
         Slides, perhaps. the others, nope.
CB->at your school have access to video taping equipment? How many know how 

   Funny, we all know that we need a video camera, and have spoken for
   one, But at this time if it's used at my school, it's because of the
   teacher's private investment, or that of a parent , which those
   individuals allow the school to use. It will not allways be this way.
CB->edit a tape? How many computers does each room in your school have? What
2 in each classroom, more in some.
CB->are schools going to do when the standards for equipment change? 
remember
CB->all those Apple IIs out there). What happens when Netscape decides to set
CB->the standards and schools can't afford the upgrade?
       We make due with what we have untill we can get better , what
       else can we do?
CB->What I am saying is that all of us in education need to be aware that 
there
CB->is a bunch of hype out there, and we need to be sure the $ is spent
CB->improving education.
I agree , but, not everything is hype. Some things are evolving. We have
to do the best we can with what we have and what we know.
CB->We have heard that this is the information age and that information 
brokers
CB->have power-yet this is not true. Politicians have power because they know
CB->how to use information-yet often they are not the best informed.
Who would disagree with that? Only polititions I'd guess. I just hope
for the best results of what I (in my limited view) can effect given
what is given.
Peace
Bob
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