Here are a few juicy quotes from a talk ACOT's Dave Dwyer recently gave at
 Apple. I thought you might be interested in them.


From a principal's publication in 1815: Students today depend on
 paper too much. They don't know how to write on a slate without getting
 chalk dust all over themselves. They can't clean a slate properly. What
 will they do when they run out of paper?   --Dave Thornberg's
 "Edutrends 2010"

From the journal of the National Association of Teachers, 1907: Students 
today depend too much upon ink. They don't know how to use a pen knife
 to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never replace the pencil.   --Dave
 Thornberg's "Edutrends 2010"

From Rural American Teacher, 1928: Students today depend upon store-bought 
 ink. They don't know how to make their own. When they run out of
 ink they will be unable to write words or ciphers until their next trip to
 the settlement. This is a sad commentary on modern education.   --Dave
 Thornberg's "Edutrends 2010"

From PTA Gazette, 1941: Students today depend on these expensive
 fountain pens. They can no longer write with a straight pen and nib. We
 parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury to the detriment of
 learning how to cope in the real business world which is not so
 extravagant.   --Dave Thornberg's "Edutrends 2010"

From Federal Teachers, 1950: Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of
 education in our country. Students use these devices and then throw them
 away. The American values of thrift and frugality are being discarded.
 Businesses and banks will never allow such expensive luxuries.   --Dave
 Thornberg's "Edutrends 2010"

From the ACOT chronicles, 1987: If students turn in papers they did on
 the computer, I require them to write them over in long hand because I
 don't believe they do the computer work on their own.   --4th grade
 teacher whose students had been in ACOT classrooms

From the ACOT chronicles, 1988: Computers give students an unfair
 advantage. Therefore, students who used computers to analyze data or create
 displays will be eliminated from the science fair.   --ruling by science
 fair judges