There are several scenarios where computer use would not just be great but accelerate learning process: -Teaching about planets, universe, Big Bang through int

There are several scenarios where computer use would not just be great but accelerate learning process: -Teaching about planets, universe, Big Bang through interactive simulations -Virtual interactive dissection for biology class -Interactive geometry for understanding proofs -Playing with molecular structure of material -Interactive virtual model of steam engine and internal combustion engines -Interactive excercise for basic arithmetic and trignometry -Learning about WWII with photos, animations on map, graphs, data, videos. I would have truely loved all these to be there in my school years. The key is that you need a great software that is targeted towards specific parts of topics. Remember interactivity is the key and only computers can offer that so cheaply and effectively even to the most disadvantaged students in remotest part of the world. Instead of all these, when I hear "Tech for Education" it usually means, replacing books by ebooks, submitting homework electronically, ask questions in class chat rooms, recording activities in e-log and so on. Those things are triviality with negligible benefits towards actually understanding the subject - more likely negative benefit as it just adds on distraction. No one wants to do real tech in Ed like above examples because it's hard, requires lot of expensive talent and risk taking. Building chat rooms for class shouldn't even be called "tech in Ed", IMo. Unfortunately schools are blowing 100s of million on just that and governments and philanthropists are happy to shove their cash in to creating ever more advanced chat rooms and classroom management systems rather than create actual interactive content that helps understanding of the subject. It would have been nice if study pointed this out instead of denouncing use of computers in education straight up. PS: No one should compare student performance with Shanghai or Mumbai. Those places have extra-super-heavy emphasis on passing exams and memorizations. You will find tons of students there who can acurately list down every single important date for WWII and without pretty much any understanding of dynamics that caused Holocast or even Holocast itself.