Led by Supt. Gene Moore, a former mathematics teacher and technology whiz, our school system is among the leaders in this state in linking teachers to the Internet, and the amount of information available on the Internet to teachers is expanding at an incredible rate. Our concern is that technology not outrun the instructional program.
Good teaching requires little more than books, paper and pencils, and fine teachers.
We hope that the school system will build its libraries, not tear them down or allow them to languish behind the glitz of technology. There is no better way to learn than finding a book on the library shelves, sitting down at a table, and quietly reading, pondering, taking notes, and letting one's imagination fill in and around the words on a page. That said, the Internet does open up avenues for research that no one library could ever provide. Darrin Hartness and Kenneth Edwards are leading the technology drive in this county. Our work is very extensive.