A-summary-of-computers-and-education-in-America

ASummaryof“ComputersandEducationinAmerica”DudleyErskineDevlinwriteshisowncommentaryofcomputertechnologyontheriseinComputersandEducationinAmerica.WhilealltheoptimistsouttherepushthemovementofWebsitesandconstantlyflashe-mailaddressesonalladvertisingpromisingsimplicityforourhecticlivesandeducationforourchildren,Devlinretortsbysaying,Inshort,themuchballeyhooedpromiseofcomputersforeducationhasyettoberealized.HebelievesthatfindinginformationandretrievingitfromtheInternetislongandtedious.TheInternetisclutteredbycommercialism,claimsDevlin.Healsopointsouthowtheinformationmightbefalsewhenfound.HebelievesclaimsthattheInternetisdemocraticarefalse.ThepersonalcomputereatsmoneyandthatplusthecostofInternetbillsistoomuchforfamilies.AlthoughtheInternethasnearly20millionsites,therearenotenoughmentoringprogramstoleadstudentsthroughtheInternet.Besides,accordingtoDevlin,kidswillalwaysprefertheTVandtheirfriendsovercyberspace.EvenifkidswereontheInternettheywouldbesurroundedbycommercialismandpornography.Finally,inthewordsofDudleyErskineDevlin,Thecultofcomputersisstillanemptypromiseformoststudents.