Many schools have answered this dilemma by applying the use of computers and the internet in classrooms across the country. Government agencies and major corporations have teamed up in order to supply the increasing demand of such tools. Now whether it is to create a smarter citizen or a hungrier consumer is beside the point. How they got there or why they got there is not as important as what to do with them. So I think that we all need to understand that using computers as a tool to help students learn is a necessary and natural evolution of the educational process.

There are those new age Luddites and some educators that say we already have the necessary tools our children need to learn. Computers are not needed to accomplish this task when t

Computers are not intended for that. They are intended to assist the teacher in the development of the child. They are to be used as a tool of instruction such as the chalkboard or the textbook. They are to be used as an amplifier of knowledge that enhances and expands the pupil’s range of information. They are to be used as a parameter of individual capabilities. No longer can the gifted student be held behind by the pace of the rest of the class. They are now free to enhance their growth through the use of computers while still maintaining their connection with their teacher and peers. The struggling student can also benefit by not being afraid to ask questions for fear of ridicule. The computer does not judge.

The sooner we start to realize the ease and benefits of using computers in the classroom the sooner we can become comfortable with the fact that it is a natural and necessary evolution of the educational system. When the first printing press was invented, it revolutionized the educational process by allowing mass production of books. The educational system had to be restructured from a master-apprentice relationship to a lecturer-student method. When the Industrial Revolution began and quickly concentrated mass population of cities. The educational system had to be revised from a collection of children studying in a single schoolhouse to an individualized system of teacher specialization. Now with the coming of the Computer Age, the learning process must be redefined. Yes it is not perfect but nothing new ever is. It takes time for people to learn and adjust to unforeseen dilemmas. Contrary To Jerry Mander’s belief, not everything can be predicted but then again that is a whole new subject entirely.

The point is that each generation is using the tools available at that time to help them learn. With each new generation the level and pace of education increases. My oldest niece Ashlee is now learning algebra in the sixth grade, whereas I did not learn it until the eighth grade, and my parents did not learn until perhaps high school. Now I am not saying that today’s kids are smarter than yesterdays, only that they are learning to use the necessary tools they need to survive in their future and omitting those that no longer apply.

hey have up-to-date textbooks and educated teachers to help them develop. I could see their point since I certainly did not need a computer to help me do math growing up. Neither did my parents or grandparents. So why should my children need computers?

It seems like almost every day that you hear about how the public school systems are failing and there is not enough money to support theses schools. Even private schools are starting to catch some of the heat as well. People blame the government for investing more money into national defense and crime instead of education. Well instead of blaming everything on the government, which I’m not saying is not totally at fault, why not seek solutions? Let’s take a step back and see where the world is heading and what type of information are children going to need to survive in it in the future. The days of learning about woodshop, metal shop, home economics, and other similar classes are just about over. Not that they are useless. They did serve a purpose but they world is changing and those type of clas

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