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In the question "Lots of people think that computers are a waste of money, and that students should be learning important skills like writing and reading rather than wasting time on computers. Do you agree that computers in the classroom are a waste of time and money? Why or why not?" by Dr. Warchauer should state than computers aren't a waste of time and money. It's a proven fact that when one reeds the web or something online they learn better and faster. Also computers open up new resources, new ways to learn, and communicating with others better. As a nation the students should be learning on the newest and best materials to stay ahead of the world. If we slip in the education branch then other countries will have the advantage instead of us. Computers teach new things that paper and pen can never. When you write on paper you can't undo something as easily as with a computer. The computer is the universal tool of the century. When the nation as a whole switches to computers than something great is going to happen. Computers are not a waste of time and money because we can achieve much more with a computer than a pen.

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Since 1937, 97 million people have admitted to have been using marijuana. 97 million people is one third of the population. All of this is happening because of the smuggling of drugs through the borders. This matters because it will affect the future of everyone around us. It will afect us as a community. It was affect us as a nation. A drug is like a disease. Once a person has tried it they won't stop until it's to late. That is where it starts to affect everyone around us more than people think. 97 million people that have admitted but imagine the total number of those who haven't admited. What matters is the sense of security and to be protected, especially from drugs.

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The article "After the Conference" by David Warlock explains the conference in Britain about the education and training technology. This is very useful and should be held more often throughout the world. These conferences should be held more frequent so we can advance in methods to increase the technology. If the technology increases the better the standard of the life people will experience. Technology is one of great things you can talk about to make better. In this case more conferences should be held so great minds can brain storm.

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In the article "What Frontier" By David Warlock describes about how Americans are looking for challenges and that we don't do stuff because it's easy but because it's hard and he is dead right because we went to the moon not because it was easy but because we rose up to the challenge. This is like education which David Warlock starts to describe thoroughly in his article. Education is a challenge. Some people take the challenge straight on but other dodge it trying to do as least as possible with a good grade. The people who look for the challenge are going to be the successful, happy, and have a good future not for themselves but for society. Everything you do is a challenge, if it is easy or difficult. When you walk to school its a challenge. David Warlock is right because we do things for the challenge not because its easy.

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In the post "I Read (?) The News Today, Oh Boy" By Karl Fisch is right about how "text" is changing in modern day society because we are using simpler words, phrases, and meanings but with those little things we are becoming more intelligent with how we use our "text". Jason Ohler once said we need to stop paper training our students and Jason is right because it seems as if the more time spent on the computer, writing the better the writing becomes. These are words of wisdom but words or wisdom aren't hard to come by because everyday we write them ourselves through our passages in writing and thinking for the next day. We decide the future and we decide the new "text".

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In the article "I Don't Need Your Network( or Your Computer, or Your Tech Plan, or Your...) By Will Richardson is right because we do get hung up on the technology question not the curriculum question which could approve our education to new heights. Will Richardson goes on to asks question such as "How are we helping our teachers understand the potential of phones and all these shifts in general?" which leads to a great point because how are teachers going to keep up on all the technological advances. It's easy for a kid because that's what he usually does when he gets home. Surf the web and check what's came out. Video games, email, and news. If a kid keeps up on whats happening better than an adult then how is our next generation going to be? Our age is becoming so sophisticated it's just crazy to think about the future when its happening before our eyes. We have to adapt to these shifts and changes in the technological age and it seems as if we are doing a good job at it.

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In the article "Google Goggles: Why didn't I think of that?" By Karl Fisch is amazing to think about because of how this technological advancement can affect the future. This gadget will allow humans in the future to use picture recognition for everyday use. In the future this could help the population with everyday chores and mostly everything you can think of. Google Goggles are key because they are the first thing that led to more advancement. Google Goggles are like a wakeup call of how advance we are getting. Fifty years ago we didn't even event the computer and now we can recognize pictures. I wish I could have made that discovery.