Overall I thought that this book was very informative. It gives a good history of American education and the ways that education has changed and evolved throughout history. Although the authors of this book are clearly technology enthusiasts, I think that they did a good job of presenting the technology skeptics argument. I think it's great that they so clearly tried to show both sides of the argument, even though they were completely in favor of one side. The authors make a good argument in saying that schools are out of sync with today's technology and that most of the changes in the way that people acquire information is happening outside of school. They give lot of examples of new ways that people are learning such as learning centers and distance education. The authors state that they understand that there may be losses as well as gains from implementing technology into schools, they do not just try to push what they think should happen, but try to take into consideration opposing viewpoints. I think that this text was very informative and I would recommend it to someone who was looking for a informative read on technology in education.
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