"Information technologies are more like clothes than like fire. Fire is a wonderful technology because, without knowing anything about how it operates, you can get warm just standing close by. People sometimes find computers, televisions, and telecommunications frustrating because they expect these devices to radiate knowledge. But all information technologies are more like clothes; to get a benefit, you must make them a part of your personal space, tailored to your needs.
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The most significant influence on education will not be the building of a ubiquitous, top-down computing and communication infrastructure for our society; but the development of a second, bottom-up human infrastructure of wise designers, educators and learners."
Prof. Chris Dede, Graduate School of Education, George Mason University, Virginia
(In "Testimony to the US Congress, House of Representatives, Joint Hearing on Educational Technologies in the 21st Century", Oktober 1995)
[Edit 2019-Aug-28 - link to original paper are no longer working. Removed ]

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