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This 3 page paper discusses the lackluster performance of technology education in the classrooms, based on the article by Gary Bloom called: Doorstops or Delieverance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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increase and proliferation of computers and other communications technology in the classrooms. But, now, some scant years later, the benefits have become dubious. Gary Bloom in his article Doorstops or
Deliverance, questions the benefits that have been and will be gained from a continued push for technology in the schools. This paper is an example response to the issues posed
in Blooms article. Mr. Bloom, As a long time supporter of technology education I had expected to find your article full of the same rhetoric that every other old
school educator or psychologist has offered. However, upon reading your article I must say that my attitude has changed. I am not firmly convinced that all computer or advanced technology
should be removed completely from the schools, but because of the valid arguments you present within your article, I am more willing to entertain the very real possibility that our
values and priorities have become skewed. The computer allows for an expansion of borders on many fronts for the learner, it can be said. Not only can classrooms expand
their classroom to include the great libraries of the country, experience the real time explorations of an astronaut, but can also aide in a multicultural understanding of other students in
classrooms across the world. However, as you ably point out, for all its glitter, computer technology is not pure gold. The Alliance for Childhood decided to study the effects of
computers on children and what they discovered was that programs which are passive in nature, which equate to simple mouse clicks and button pushing did little to enhance the learning
process, and in fact may stifle creativity and imagination,(Leggett 1996), thus agreeing with your point about a zero sum game. What many experts warn is that while the highly interactive
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