To the Editor:
As colleges put money into pricey new era, it’s inconceivable to keep away from the fact that era is the long run. Educating with out it’s merely inadequate now (“What Schools Can Do Now to Ensure Their New Technology Lasts Beyond the COVID Cash Boom,” Would possibly 17, 2022).
As a historical past instructor, I’m seeing firsthand how computer systems are being misused for analysis and the way knowledge amassed on the net is being misunderstood through our scholars. If we put money into a 1-to-1 pc program for our scholars, it is very important that we put money into correct coaching in the use of those computer systems. Faculties will have to upload a computer-literacy elegance to the curriculum if we’re going to be shifting towards a extra whole digital-learning platform.
It’s irresponsible to provide those scholars computer systems and no longer put money into coaching. Even though many nonetheless use their cell phones as their number one instrument, scholars can’t replica and paste from their telephones to their electronic worksheet but, which makes the pc their number one instrument for studying. We wish to teach scholars the best way to analysis if we predict them to depend so closely on era and, particularly, the web.
Richard Sova
Trainer
Rochester, N.Y.
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