Cuban Chapter 4 Synthesis

While reading the blogs I feel that most believe that computers are important in the the classroom, but how we use them to teach our children is more important.  Computers are wonderful and can transport the kids all over the world, but they must have guidance and direction from the teacher in order for the computer work to be truly effective in learning.  Some feel that computers are not all they are cracked up to be and should not be used often in the classroom, but when your evaluation includes a section for "use of technology" and you are marked off if you don't use technology during your evaluation, you are reminded that those higher up expect you to use technology even if it's not relevant - well, at least that's my opinion.  So, computers are good, it's just we have to know what we are doing and be able to guide the kids in the right direction for it to be truly an educational experience.