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=Current Educational Technology Quotes= media type="custom" key="10257431"

=Putting Technology Into Perspective= In reading, //Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology// by Allan Collins and Richard Halverson, this blogger ([|click here to find source]) came across quotes about educational technology that are funny and put things into perspective. They are reproduced from the work of Dave Thornburg and David Dwyer.

===“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over themselves. They can’t clean a slate properly. What will they do when they run out of paper?”===
 * From a principal’s publication in 1815:


 * From the journal of the National Association of Teachers, 1907:

“Students today depend too much on ink. They don’t know how to use a knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.”
===“Students today depend on store bought ink. They don’t know how to make their own. When they run out of ink they will be unable to write words or ciphers until their next trip to the settlement. This is a sad commentary on modern education.”===
 * From // Rural American Teacher //, 1928:

===“Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in our country. Students use these devices then throw them away. The American values of thrift and frugality are being discarded. Businesses and banks will never allow such expensive luxuries.”===
 * From // Federal Teachers //, 1950: