Educational Value

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I've been reading the various postings and there seems to be something
missing from the discussion.  There is talk about standards,
configurations, software and training, but no dicussion about the
educational use of access. There's more of a feel that if the access is
there, teachers and students will use it. I find that argument weak, and
suggest that until we define the educational uses of this technology, and
how it'll be used in the K12 environment it'll be difficult to define
the setup or make the argument that schools and libraries are ready for 
the investment.

It may be that the purpose of this forum is not to consider educational
considerations, but to understand the legislation. However, it seems to me
that if we had a set of educational objectives in mind, then the
discussion could match legislative issues with K12/Library goals. 

-mario zinga

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