How to Get the Most from Computers in the Classroom

[Anton Ninno <anton@ERICIR.SYR.EDU>]

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HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM COMPUTERS IN THE CLASSROOM
Issue:  Ed Tech

Yarnell writes, "Roughly 80 percent of American schools had Internet
access by last year, according to the United States Department of
Education, and about a quarter of those schools had access directly in the
classroom.  But as the novelty of computers has worn off, the demand to
use them for high-quality learning has increased.  Reports of costly
computers gathering dust in school storerooms or being used as overpriced
typewriters have contributed to a rising backlash against computer
spending by schools.  Critics question the expense of computers,
particularly when schools buy them with money diverted from programs for
the arts, textbooks and extracurricular activities."

[SOURCE: New York Times (D1), AUTHOR: Louise Yarnell]
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/08/circuits/articles/06clas.html>

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