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Students Do Better Without Computers

is the title of a /. article today, the full article is from the Telegraph. Basically, the gist of the article is that the less pupils use computers at school and at home, the better they do on international tests of literacy and math.

I’m a technogeek computer nerd vintage 1972, (no, I was born way before that…..) and for all of the use of computers I have in my daily life, and in my daily work…..I totally agree. As an avowed fan of Cliff Stoll, I see the folly in attempting to convince students (adult or child alike) that learning should be “fun, motivational and exciting”. Learning is NOT the glitzy, slick activity that they promise on the back of the software packages. Learning is hard work. Learning can be repetetive and dull. The REWARDS are great, but the task is none too easy. My kids utilize computers at home for a total of about 2 hours/month….in school, they use them more than that, but I see to it that they learn the manual way for everything first….BEFORE the “easy”, glitzy way.

For more on my attitude, check this out:

Silicon Snake Oil : Second Thoughts on the Information Highway

Or check THIS out:

High Tech Heretic : Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a ComputerContrarian

He really knows what he’s talking about.

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