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> "Technology is a distraction when we need literacy, numeracy and critical thinking."

What about assistive technologies, to help students with special needs? This statement (by a person the author interviewed, not the author) implies that technology can only get in the way. This is definitely not true in the case of literacy and numeracy.

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This actually, I struggled in the low tech environment. In grades school because I didn't have good handwriting (still don't) and access to word processors helped a bunch. I also pretty much have to teach myself everything from what I read off the internet, given the fact that I can't take notes very effectively and don't pay attention in class.

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