"Education is our passport to the future, for
tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today."
-- Malcolm X
One of the most influential technologies of the last century has been the development of the computer. Computers were initially built for Corporate America for business purposes. As time progressed, computers made their way into our educational system serving as a teaching aid. The main purpose of integrating computers and schools is to make classrooms more conducive to learning, make instructors more efficient, and allow for more attention to individual students.
In this day and age computers have certainly aided the classroom. Preparing our children for a lifetime of computer use is now just as essential as teaching them to read and write and do math. Yes, research shows that computers in the classroom are a benefit to the educational system. We must ask ourselves one question, have we been using computers to their maximum capabilities? We at Educational Computer Networks (EDCN) feel that the current educational system has not utilized the computer to its full potential. Our product “The Interactive Classroom” is a computer network that will bridge the gap from making the computer an occasional teaching tool to an indispensable part of the classroom. With our product in the classroom we will make students learn faster and better. Our product will make the computer an essential and integral part of the classroom. It will forever change the face of traditional education.