For a complete discussion on using computers in Christian education, consult the book Computers, Kids and Christian Education. The outline of the book is at this site . In addition to teaching with computer in Christian education since 1990, I have been a volunteer lab teacher in three different public schools. For the past several years I have also been in conversation with public school teachers tapped by their churches to help with computers. Many of the above insights have come from them.
Teachers have to be part of the educational process.
Unfortunately, the political pressures to toss computers into classrooms and to get Internet connections before people even know what to do with them is an attempt to run around the teaching profession. This troubles me a great deal. To assume that adding a computer and software to a classroom will automatically make kids learn better is a perfect example of how little our culture understands the dynamic interaction between teacher and student. We're not just developing this child's left and right hemispheres. We're trying to develop the entire brain and the entire child.