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With regard to the technology in education article, it has been proven in multiple different studies that project or problem-based learning is essential for students. The education system of paper and pencil is obsolete. Why do we no longer send letters, because we have email? Why do we give our students worksheets, because no one wants to break the mold or can do to policy? The design of schools has changed very little since the one-room school houses of the early 20th century. There has been over a hundred years of advancement in technology, but yet students still sit at desks with pencil and paper.

With regard to the technology in education article, it has been proven in multiple different studies that project or problem-based learning is essential for students. The education system of paper and pencil is obsolete. Why do we no longer send letters, because we have email? Why do we give our students worksheets, because no one wants to break the mold or can do to policy? The design of schools has changed very little since the one-room school houses of the early 20th century. There has been over a hundred years of advancement in technology, but yet students still sit at desks with pencil and paper.