Certainly one of the ideas, the value of which technology seems to address in sometimes hostile tones, is teaching.
Conviction is no criterion for determining worth.
Computers make it easy to do things well that, before the advent of computers, were not considered worth doing at all. Similarly, whereas good curriculum may err on the side of caution, the Web almost always errs on the side of More . Computers have made sophisticated production and research tools widely available to teachers and students across grade levels as well as disciplines, and have successfully transformed curricula in areas as diverse as art and mathematics. Computers have been used to give students access to, and opportunities to contribute to, professional academic research. Computers have been used to connect classrooms to larger communities in substantive and stimulating ways.