It's a tragedy how little impact software has had on (formal) education - decades of hype, promising trials (PLATO, Logo, Smalltalk) eventuated no profound inno

It's a tragedy how little impact software has had on (formal) education - decades of hype, promising trials (PLATO, Logo, Smalltalk) eventuated no profound innovation ... only peripheral benefits (note-taking, paper-writing, class projects ...) Mostly because you need to be an educator to know what educators need - and you're too busy. Opportunities for informal, self-directed education, OTOH, are constantly improving. The number of well-developed reference sites online shows no sign of letting up. Great for the already-educated. But for K-12 ... still a wasteland.