be-come different creatures — separated from nature, isolated in front of our screens, unable to distinguish between the reality and the image?As students, you are at the center of an important controversy about the distribution and use of computers in schools. In his State of the Union address in 1996, President Clinton called for computers in every classroom and library by the year 2000. This ambitious goal is not likely to be met, and if it is not, will children in schools with access to technological innovation enjoy a significant educational advantage over children in schools without? A crucial debate is shaping up over the purpose of computers. At present, educators are deeply divided on the extent to which computers can help students develop the crit-ical habits of mind that characterize real education....
