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An 8 page overview of both the advantages and disadvantages of computers in education. The author emphasizes computer technology should be balanced with other educational approaches. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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utilized in education. Along with those benefits, however, are certain shortcomings that are associated with this technology. As with any innovative teaching approach, computer technology in the classroom
should be pursued in balance with more traditional educational techniques. Teachers should utilize the computer resources that they have but they should also use non technological approaches to teaching
as well. This combined approach to education produces students that are ready to take on the world as educated and productive adults.
Interestingly, one of the many problems that have evolved in regard to computer technology in the classroom is that not all teachers use them equally! Many schools, in fact,
have failed to fully integrate the computers they have into their classroom activities! Of all places, one would not expect that problem in one of the more technologically advanced
area of the United States. As author Pedro Hern?ndez-Ramos explains in "If Not Here, Where? Understanding Teachers Use Of Technology In Silicon Valley Schools" (an article published in October
2005 in the "Journal of Research on Technology in Education"), however, inadequate integration of computers occurs even in Silicon Valley California! Instructional technology
has been in a state of evolution throughout history. In the latter part of the twentieth century, however, the pace of that evolution quickened. With the advent of
computers the fate of the slate blackboard and the dusty corners of traditional libraries began a downward spiral towards extinction. The majority of classrooms now have access to a
variety of forms of cutting edge technology, especially computers. Computers have, in fact, become one of the most innovative and captivating educational tools currently in use in the classroom
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