--- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:37:01 -0500 (EST) >From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Computers in Classrooms >To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]> Has anyone read Clifford Stoll's new book, "High-Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarian"? From someone w/ a less solid high tech background than Stoll I might think it was probably a standard neo-Luddite rant, but Stoll has the credentials, as they say. To quote a review in <<The Standard>>: "Stoll is a very smart guy who brings his skeptical intelligence to bear on some critical questions. This is a man who cares passionately about learning and its transmission, and he can't figure out how diverting students with computer exercises fosters understanding. He cites horrifying instances of schools shortchanging true pedagogy for machinery they're not properly equipped to use, and demolishes the arguments one by one for computers in schools." (I think that's a fair-use quotation - it's a pretty long review). Now, the fact that someone can cite "horrifying instances of schools shortchanging true pedagogy for machinery they're not properly equipped to use" is hardly a stunning revelation, but I wondered if he had anything new and of substance to say. I'll ask my library to get it, if they haven't already ordered it, but I wondered if anyone had read it yet. Cheers, Ed Dente "If you want to call me that, smile." -Gary Cooper, <<The Virginian>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edmund N. Dente Director, Language Media Center Ph: 617-627-3036 Tufts University [log in to unmask] Medford, MA 02155