High-Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarion
by Stoll, Clifford
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good condition/good
- ISBN 10
- 0385489757
- ISBN 13
- 9780385489751
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1999. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good condition/good. xv, 221 pages. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Index. Limited underlining to text noted. DJ somewhat worn and soiled. Name written in ink at front of the book. The cry for and against computers in the classroom is a topic of concern to parents, educators, and communities everywhere. Now, from a Silicon Valley hero and bestselling technology writer comes a pointed critique of the hype surrounding computers and their real benefits, especially in education. In High-Tech Heretic, Clifford Stoll questions the relentless drumbeat for "computer literacy" by educators and the computer industry, particularly since most people just use computers for word processing and games--and computers become outmoded or obsolete much sooner than new textbooks or a good teacher. As one who loves computers as much as he disdains the inflated promises made on their behalf, Stoll offers a commonsense look at how we can make a technological world better suited for people, instead of making people better suited to using machines.
Synopsis
Clifford Stoll, an MSNBC commentator, a lecturer, and a Berkeley astronomer, is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Cuckoo's Egg and Silicon Snake Oil . He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay area.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57338
- Title
- High-Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom and Other Reflections by a Computer Contrarion
- Author
- Stoll, Clifford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0385489757
- ISBN 13
- 9780385489751
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Educational Material, Assisted Learning, Computer-aided Learning, Distance Learning, Laptops, Cyberschool
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