Word: tools
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...telephone is one of those miracles one can discuss in terms either sacred or profane. (The same is true of babies.) The phone is of course a mere home appliance and business tool, and by the standards of the 21st century, a primitive one. To bring electronic mysticism to the telephone may seem something like illustrating the wonders of flight by discussing pigeons...
...Every major change in educational technology changes not only how we learn but also what we learn. Just as the printed book totally changed the curriculum of the schools, so are the computer and tape recorder and video. The printed book is primarily a tool for adults. The new tools are for children; they fit the way children learn best. We now know how to make the accumulated wisdom of the human race relevant again. We should know that the old approach to education is theoretical and unsound. We still believe that teaching and learning are two sides...
Soviet officials have given a virtual guarantee they will not use force to keep Lithuania and its 3.7 million residents in the Soviet Union. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Gennady I. Gerasimov told the BBC last week the Kremlin has "only one tool" for preventing a breakup of the union...