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Jconor · Apr 14, 2008, 09:11 pm

Is technology essential in education? It is important, of course, but when you look at the cost that schools have to pay as well as the fact of all the possibilities of cheating and misuse of computers and the internet, technology seems to have a lot of negative aspects about it. I think that education should focus more on the basics so that kids can think logically without having to resort to calculators or computers.

Gods_Mercenary · Apr 14, 2008, 09:22 pm

Calculators allow students to do stuff in higher algebra and calculus that just doesn't make as much sense without them. Kids will always cheat as long as they are educated together. Students have to be able to use their own logic and technology seamlessly to compete.

Darebirth · Apr 14, 2008, 10:31 pm

In an age where computers are becoming the norm, it is important that people are adapted to them as they grow up. When you have a childhood without techy gadgets, you wind up like my parents, whom don't even know how to work their DVD player.

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Jconor Sedimentary Rock Posts: 3	Technology and Education Is technology essential in education? It is important, of course, but when you look at the cost that schools have to pay as well as the fact of all the possibilities of cheating and misuse of computers and the internet, technology seems to have a lot of negative aspects about it. I think that education should focus more on the basics so that kids can think logically without having to resort to calculators or computers.

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Gods_Mercenary Altruism Assassin Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,744	Calculators allow students to do stuff in higher algebra and calculus that just doesn't make as much sense without them. Kids will always cheat as long as they are educated together. Students have to be able to use their own logic and technology seamlessly to compete. “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” -Albert Einstein

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Darebirth BEEEEEEES! Location: Philadelphia Posts: 70	In an age where computers are becoming the norm, it is important that people are adapted to them as they grow up. When you have a childhood without techy gadgets, you wind up like my parents, whom don't even know how to work their DVD player. Debate died with chivalry. - Darebirth