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	<passage mp3="AUDIO_REPOS/2617.mp3" title="Computers in Class"><![CDATA[<div id="passage"><p><strong>Tom:</strong> Do you have computers in your classroom?</p>
<p><strong>Martin: </strong>No and I wish we did I think it would
help out a lot of the teachers and a lot of the
students to have more of an interactive
experience and be able to research things as
teachers are talking. What do you think Tom?</p>
<p><strong>Tom: </strong>I'm surprised that you want them. I think they're a terrible
idea. I think they distract students they mean that the point of the
lesson is lost that the teacher loses their control over where the
class should go. I think it's ridiculous this drive to get computers
absolutely everywhere.</p>
<p><strong>Martin: </strong>Oh but don't you think it adds to giving a hands-on-
experience especially with accounting or other business related
applications that if the teacher is expressing it, if you don't have a
computer you can't really have a hands-on experience and a lot of
the lesson might be lost without actually doing it in the classroom
and being able to check your work.</p>
<p><strong>Tom: </strong>A lot of what you say is correct but I don't think you need to
do it in the classroom. You can do all of that stuff at home and I
think a computer is a very personal and individual activity. I'm not
sure it's suitable for a classroom.</p>
<p><strong>Martin: </strong>I still think though hat it adds a lot to it and that they're
able to express themselves and utilize the information that is
expressed in the classroom then and there and they know they
understand it versus if they go home and use it in a more
personalized context.</p></div>]]>
	
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