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Technology OVERVIEW       ------------------------------------------ Educational Technology Overview       A No. 2 Pencil, a Spiral Notebook, Encyclopedias, And. . . . STUDENTS       ------------------------------------------ Laptops: Pros and Cons       What Districts Should Prove Before Taxpayers Should Provide Them STAFF       ------------------------------------------ Using Voicemail As a Teaching Tool       Innovative, Cost-Effective Use of Message Systems That Schools and Parents Already Have ONLINE LEARNING       ------------------------------------------ ED TECH RESEARCH       ------------------------------------------ AT-HOME TECHNOLOGY       ------------------------------------------ RECORDKEEPING & PRIVACY       ------------------------------------------ COSTS       ------------------------------------------ Ed Tech: Promises & Glitches       All That Googles Is Not Gold CONTROVERSIES       ------------------------------------------ The Down Side of Computerized Schooling       Amusements and Distractions Threaten to Kill Concentration and Analytical Ability THE FUTURE       ------------------------------------------ Are 'Teaching Machines' Inevitable?       Taking the Control of Curricular Content Out of the Hands of Local Parents, Taxpayers and Even Educators

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