Yes, exactly. The largest use of computers in schools (let's stick to the educational software, even though classes may not always) By far the biggest use is

Yes, exactly. The largest use of computers in schools (let's stick to the educational software, even though classes may not always) By far the biggest use is in doing what computers are good at : automating manual, repetitive tasks. So instead of a teacher teaching spelling, the kids use a spelling program where an annoying animated characters zips around saying 'great job'. This is just automation of the teaching that needs to be done, but without the added ability of the teacher to see who is engaged and who is not. I have first hand experience of children who don't know / don't feel comfortable on the computer and as such get zero out of the automated lessons. Any use of computers which relies on the person being a passive recipient of the output, instead of being an active determinant of what the computer does (ie programming instead of consuming ) is just automated teachers. Fine, but let's call it what it is.