This document discusses how technology and education have changed over time. It presents quotes from various conferences and publications spanning 1703 to 1985 complaining that students rely too much on newer technologies and don't know how to use older methods. The document acknowledges that while pens, pencils and calculators are still used today, computers now make lives even easier, and predicts that future changes will also generate complaints.

1. Technology and Education
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2. "Students today can’t prepare bark to calculate their
problems. They depend upon their slates which are more
expensive. What will they do when their slate is dropped and
it breaks? They will be unable to write.
-Teachers Conference, 1703
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3. "Students today depend upon paper too
much. They don’t know how to write on slate
without getting chalk dust all over
themselves. They can’t clean a slate properly.
What will they do when they run out of
paper?"
-Principal’s Association,
1815
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4. "Students depend too much on ink. They
don’t know how to use a pen knife to sharpen a
pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil."
-National Association of Teachers, 1907

5. "Students today depend upon store bought ink.
They don’t know how to make their own. When
they run out they will be unable to write words or
ciphers until their next trip to the settlement. This
is a sad commentary on modern education.
-The Rural Teacher, 1929

6. "Students today depend upon these expensive
fountain pins. They can no longer write with a straight pen
and nib (not to mention sharpening their own quills). We
parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury to the
detriment of learning how to cope in the real business
world, which is not so extravagant."
-PTA Gazette, 1941
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7. "Ball point pens will be the ruin of
education in our country. Students use these
devices and then throw them away. The virtues
of thrift and frugality are being discarded.
Business and banks will never allow such
expensive luxuries."
-The Federal Teacher,
1950

8. "Students today depend too much on
hand-held calculators."
-
Anonymous, 1985

9. Today we still use pens, pencils and calculators. Now we
have computers which make our lives even easier and I’m
sure that no matter what changes happen in the future
someone will complain about it.
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10. Today we still use pens, pencils and calculators. Now we
have computers which make our lives even easier and I’m
sure that no matter what changes happen in the future
someone will complain about it.
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