[Edu-sig] Computer Hatred

Jason Cunliffe jason.cunliffe at verizon.net
Thu Sep 25 03:45:06 EDT 2003


[..snip.. ]
> > I am very curious about many aspects of the story.
>
> But maybe computer use needs to be taught from ground up integrated with
> math, like teaching laboratory technique in science. But math is not
thought
> of that way. It is thought of as a kind of intelligence to have, a kind of
> virtuosity where using computers is cheating and unnatural. Some people
> still see calculators as cheating, but they have now for the most part
made
> the running shoes level of cheating when computers are still at the
steroids
> level.

Wow  Shelley!
Thanks mucho for such a great reply.
Lots to digest here...

- Jason




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