With the advent of introducing new technology in to the classroom there is a coresponding shift in what is taught. The risk is that as teachers we may “throw the baby out with the bathwater”, lossing the good with the bad.
It seams to me that there is now a push to develop critical thinking in our students, where before it was assumed. Two changes that have happened during that time is the Computer has been introduced into school and has become more common place at home. TV, & the Internet are all piped into our homes and this is leading to information overload in many people including students.
We now seam to live in a world of constant distraction, unable to focus our attention on a single object for any length of time. Although Computers are an extremely powerful tool for processing and creating information and media. What is the effect of using them in the long term?
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