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Huh, it is by Todd Oppenheimer. Notice that he conflates access to = computer with being able to use a computer; "This, at a time when activities that aren't available outside school the way computers are -- programs such = as art and music classes, shop and physical education - - were being cut = back or eliminated." Umm, we have drums, guitars, flutes, a full shop, and closets of sports gear at home. Doesn't mean our kids know how to use = them. And I don't teach 'mouse', but I do teach resource evaluation, search skills, deep web searching, notetaking, organizing information. And then Oppenheimer does not expend any ink on providing data for statements like "... Throughout the country, computer technology is = dumbing down the academic experience, corrupting schools' financial integrity, cheating the poor,..." and "Yet the work the students produce with these products is stunningly superficial." Not to mention the lack of = percentages but a lot of many's. And perhaps a bit of research (even a bit of face to face interviewing = with a librarian, no computer involved) on what is available on-line would = have prevented the embarrassment of writing "...In class after class, = students are encouraged to conduct almost all their research online, which means = that books, magazines and other in-depth sources play a minimal role in their bibliographies." Heard of subscription databases, encyclopedia, = webquest, pathfinder, topic maps, Todd? I'm providing our students (low and high achieving) with full text of over 1,000 magazines, almost 200 = newspapers, 10-12 encyclopedias, news resources around the world, and full text of 100's of quality science and history books. All online, current-up to = date data, no ads, professionally selected and designed for their ease of = access. Robert Eiffert, Librarian Pacific Middle School Evergreen SD 114 Vancouver WA beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library robert@crypticmachinery.net Alice Yucht wrote:=20 Important article from Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle: Computer illogic: Despite great promise, technology is dumbing down the classroom available at http://tinyurl.com/x4yf =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-