Re:Computers have never been educational (Score 2)

I remember being led to the computer lab in school to play Oregon Trail, because it was what the public school system regarded as "educational". My more intelligent peers and I could care less whether the family made it to Oregon or not. It was who's family got farthest being naked with no food. The point I'm trying to make is even a moderate student will regard this type of training as a joke. Even as computers advanced in my high school years, we weren't encouraged to use them for problem solving. Instead, we learned word processing and spreadsheets. I'm sure the students who found that interesting then are making excellent paper pushers today. I know people who are full of useful, and sometimes interesting facts. Sadly, their knowledge of these things is limited to regurgitating this information. I don't think intelligence can be increased or decreased, only sharpened or blunted. Computers can make a person more knowledgeable, but not more intelligent. Those are two very different animals.