Article Reflections on Sept. 11

Al Gore: Should Schools Be
Wired To The Internet?
As TIME wrote last October, "all kids, not just ones from families that can afford a home computer,should grow up with a mouse in their hand." The President and I could not agree more. Access to thebasic tools of the information age is no longer a luxury for our children. It is a necessity the author of “Al Gore: Should Schools BeWired To The Internet?” says. In the article where Al gore and the Author state their opinions I also have my own opinion. Having computers in school really is no longer a luxury for children and students but a necessity because maily most communcations are being used by the computer in many different ways. Yet also teachers now a days are making theireverything from assignments, class work, homework and even having their class disscussions on the computer using the internet, email or some other source. The authors stated facts was that “A 1996 study showed that students with access to the Internet not only presented their final projects in more creative ways but also turned in work that was more complete and had better syntheses of different points of view.”

Where phones in class are ok!
I believe having a class like the one presented in the atricle would be very interesting. A part of the article had said “Auten was one of nine students learning to create iPhone applications, or apps, for a new course at New Jersey Institute of Technology last spring. More than halfway through the seminar, the information technology major dreamed up two apps of his own, developed them with the knowledge gained in class, and sold them on Apple’s online store for $0.99 each.” Not only does this class teach you to be creative with the work you attempt but you can be your own “boss” or in other words an entrepreneur.