LOGO-L> CyberLearning

["Dale R. Reed" <dale-reed@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>]

Interesting article at http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/cc.htm  Dale

A personal learning experiment
One of the great mysteries of the information age is why there remains
any serious uncertainty about the educational value of the Internet. 

Critics typically charge that a Net-connected computer is merely a
high-tech plaything which more often than not links students to
inappropriate or inaccurate information. 
The complaint goes like this: Access to digital data does not make
children better at things like reading, thinking, researching and
analyzing problems.
 
One is tempted to ask whether the same couldn’t be said about books,
too. But rather than get sarcastic about it, let’s address the basis for
the criticism—namely, that there is no scientific evidence establishing
a connection between Internet use and learning.
 
I had the good fortune recently to witness just such evidence.
 
The good fortune is named Danny, my
13-year-old son, who decided to enter the  <snip>
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