Harris Article-Like a Boss

#3- Harris' response to this criticism is that Internet projects are a tool to aid our students in learning and that we should use every tool we have possible to help our students learn. Just because schools rely more on high stakes testing doesn't mean that we have to limit what our students use to learn. There isn't any reason why our students shouldn't be able to collaborate with other students, not in their classroom, to achieve an academic goal. Yet the internet and computers should only be viewed as a tool, not as curriculum.
I would definitely have to agree with Harris' response to this criticism but I would have to expand on it. I think computers and the Internet are not only necessary but vital for our students. Our world is ever shrinking and there isn't any industry or facet of our society that our students will engage in that doesn't involve internet use or computers. If we don't encourage our students to use the internet or computers they will have to learn the skills associated with both by themselves. Also there is a lot of information on the Internet and if we don't encourage our students to use the Internet to do research how will they ever learn to sift through garbage that is on the Internet.