I don't find this to be a particularly compelling opinion piece. The author doesn't really say how much of the $150 billion for education in the stimulus package is targeted for computers. He leaps to the conclusion that all classrooms would have computers, but fails to site evidence that what Obama promised in his campaign "Every child should have the chance to get online" means what Oppenheimer implies it means.

unfortunately the article skims the surface on this issue, which is a legitimate one and his sources support his view. i would like to see the examples of how technology is used in elementary classrooms that confirm what he is trying to point out--or even analogies such as ensuring a kindle for every child to help them read. discussion of how technology can be useful here would have helped too.

Mr.Oppenheimer must be drinking his own kool-aid. My son started out pretty young and could do about anything he wanted to do by sixth grade. He's the one that shows me what to do. Tiger Woods started playing at 3, and I believe he got pretty good at it.

We first went wrong in our use of technology in our schools when we let technologically backward educators make the decisions on how to put computers to use. It is far more important to have technically competent educators use modern computing power to research, analyze and manage the learning process than to worry about student skills with a mouse or a joy stick. Nothing characterizes education reform more accurately than the term: aimless.. Rejecting technology in our schools based on the inept application of it by uneducated educators, misses the boat.

Right - let's not waste money on huge numbers of computers.

IN this opinion piece, Mr. Oppenheimer addressed legitimate and current issues in education.