... " fingertips. Teachers also report that technology is "helping kids do history, not just learn the facts" (Symonds, 2000, p. 126). One 17-year-old from Seattle has recently become much more interested in learning due to the implementation of new technologies. He created a 67-slide project on the Civil War using his school's computers and software (Searcey, 1998). Janice Gordon, a teacher who started using ... the company claims they can be used as second base. Also, the laptops are able to connect to the internet via infrared lasers that point out of the top of the computers toward a rec...

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... do computers, information technology and the Internet affect the future prospects of schooling? New technologies compete with old ones and this competition is at its strongest in schools, " Where two great technologies confront each other in uncompromising aspect for the control of students" minds. On the one hand, there is the world of the printed word with its emphasis on logic, sequence, history, ... Then the printed word arrived stressing individualised learning, competition, and personal autonomy. Postman (1993) asked, "Will the widespread use of computers in the classroom defeat onc...

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