What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate

BASIC is to computer programming as QWERTY is to typing.

Nothing could be more absurd than an experiment in which computers are placed in a classroom where nothing else is changed.

I don't like MTV, and I don't like the culture that goes with it. It's OK in very small doses, maybe. Nevertheless, it's a social reality and has influenced how kids perceive things around them, the pace of life and the way people do things.

The goal is to teach in such a way as to produce the most learning from the least teaching.

Until very recently, most knowledge was inaccessible to people who couldn't read text. But this is changing. The computer opens up other channels of gaining knowledge. If someone is blind, we now have very good machines that will read to him. If someone can't recognize letters, he also will have access to knowledge through sound and images.

Working with the computer gives rise to many opportunities to transcend asocial behavior, because it produces exciting and visually interesting things to share, whether it's by creating video games, computer art or sharing exciting Web sites.