Middle and high school students require all three levels of competency, and should have access to a computer for about 1- hours a day. Classrooms surround the computer commons. Glass in the classroom walls allows teachers to keep an eye on the commons area. In high schools, subjects such as computer-aided design and video production are served by specialized computers located in labs. Prakash and Glenn, there is a good deal of research and literature that questions the value of technology for learning, or at a minimum, advises a good deal of caution.
Sensation has no substitute.
The ability to manipulate information is the key to economic success in our society. Technology is actually increasing the gap between the haves and have-nots. It s critical that our schools teach computer skills in order to level the playing field. We need to find the best way to integrate technology into the curriculum and I am not talking about the obsolete idea of computer labs. Also, the popular practice of putting one, two or four PCs in a classroom is a dumb idea period.