This article told about how America is a land of technology despite its potential to level the social landscape. The article also said in public schools the compute gap is closing. More than half the students have some form of computer even if is obsolete. Today there is one computer for every 12 children in poor communities. The main idea of this article is that the computer can enhance your child's learning in several ways.
Research shows that learning is much more profound when several of the senses are used.
When a child uses a computer to identify shapes, solve a math puzzle, or look up information, he is seeing, hearing and touching all at once. With computer's the child moves from being a passive recipient of information to an active participant. The article concluded saying well-designed writing and creativity software can provide a boost to reluctant as well as proficient writers. This article was about how today more and more children are using computers every day to do work, reports and many other things. The article went on to say that before we know it everyone in the world will own a computer.