Online Book Study-Chapter 2

"Just as reading was made necessary by the printing press and arithmetic by the introduction of money, so computer technologies are changing the very ways we think and make sense of the world." (Page 11)

This is stating that the invention of new phenomenons, such as money and the printing press, encourages people to use them to help enhance their lives. The sophisticated technology of our world is making people feel it's necessary to become familiar with it and use it in their lives.

"To prepare students to communicate in this emerging world requires not simply the traditional reading and writing, but learning how to communicate using different media with people who do not share the same assumptions." (Page 13)

Part of our duties as teachers is to help our students have success as people, not just as students. Preparing for them for their future is very important, and be allowing to communicate through technology can play a big role in doing so. In communicating with people with different assumptions, this will help students when it comes to honoring difference.

"A major motivation for many technology enthusiasts is their unhappiness with current education." (Page 28)

Many people who work with technology are dissatisfied with education, and developing new technologies is a way to change that. Technology enthusiasts are very in much convinced that schools should adapt to the modern technology, and drift away from "old-school" teaching methods.