About a year ago there was a rash of pessimistic opinion articles on how technology has done little to nothing to further education in the U.S., and that attemp

About a year ago there was a rash of pessimistic opinion articles on how technology has done little to nothing to further education in the U.S., and that attempts to modernize schools have mostly failed. But a couple of months ago I came home from work early and my kids, 3 and 5, who are home-schooling, were both sitting in front of computers learning the alphabet and arithmetic, respectively, and having a blast. My wife was monitoring them and preparing the 5 year old's language lesson from a curriculum she found online. The thought struck me that technology may have done very little for traditional education, but it just may have completely revolutionized education for my kids. I'm excited that they'll be able to explore any interest they have in a depth that was unavailable to me as a child for lack of resources.