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Computers: A New Tool
benefits of using computers in the classroom the sooner we can become comfortable with the fact that it is a natural and necessary evolution of the educational system. When the first printing press was invented, it revolutionized the educational process by allowing mass production of books. The educational system had to be restructured from a master-apprentice relationship to a lecturer-student method. When the Industrial Revolution began and quickly concentrated mass population of cities. The educational system had to be revised from a collection of children studying in a single schoolhouse to an individualized system of teacher specialization. Now with the coming of the Computer Age, the learning process must be redefined. Yes it is not perfect but nothing new ever is. It takes time for people to learn and adjust to unforeseen dilemmas. Contrary To Jerry Mander’s belief, not everything can be predicted but then again that is a whole new subject entirely.
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