He asserts that in the context of the classroom, computers are both expensive budans and a risk to depersonalizing education. The logic behind Stoll s rebuttal of computers in the classroom is based on a strawman argument. His argument is flawed because he doesn t recognize that computers, like any other tool, have to not only be taught but used in moderation. His assertion begs the question, what does he consider an education. A traditional, computer-free education could be considered nothing more than one long memorization of facts recited back in anticipation of awards or fear of punishment.
Facts are at the core of education- computers facilitate the gathering of facts to be learned.
To say that computers need to be taken from the classroom puts a very narrow perspective on learning and what constitutes a proper education. His argument is that putting computers in the classroom is little more than a mutually beneficial business preposition. Principals plead for budgets large enough to bring interactive media into their schools. Many teachers are cowed by consultants sporting fancy degrees. School board members apply for grants to bring networks into local districts.