A fair amount of this critique of computer use is applicable to business,
government, education, religion and so on. The seniors, call them leaders,
see computers only as tools to maximize worker productivity and for open
and covert surveillance. They do not use them to set policy except to
David is more than a little correct in pointing out that the lack of
understanding or knowledge on the part of teachers in regard to the
effective use of computers is a large problem. It is also easy and
convenient for administrators to wrongly conceive the value of
computers, and this
Enda,
I like the spirit of Morlock's response--but since I'm not so keen on my kids
banging each other with toilet roll inserts, let me add some pragmatic advice.
One antidote to the marketing frenzy over computers for preschoolers is Lowell
Monke's Charlotte's Webpage
The difference between using computer and toilet roll insert is that there are
several multibillion dollar corporations between movement of the mouse and
something happening on the screen in the first case, and pretty much nothing
between manipulating inserts and affecting reality in the second.
While catching up with a friend recently, she was telling me that her
son has just started in a Montessori and that he is really enjoying
using the computers there. At first I assumed she meant some sort of
toy computers but no they have real computers- I must admit I was
shocked. Children from 3
