In a small school on the South Side of Chicago, 40 children between the ages of five and six sit quietly learning in a classroom.
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In front of each of them is a computer running software called Reading Eggs.
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Along the way they collect eggs which they can use to buy objects in the game, such as items to furnish their avatar's apartment.
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Some are reading a short story, others building sentences with words they are learning.
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As they complete each task they move through a cartoon map that shows how far they have progressed in reading and writing.
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Now and then a child will be taken aside for scheduled reading periods with one of the two monitoring teachers.
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The director says this sort of teaching, blending software with human intervention, helps her pupils learn faster.
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It also allows teachers at this school to spend more time teaching and less time marking written work and leading pupils through dull drills of words and numbers.
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The idea that technology can revolutionize education is not new.
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In the 20th century almost every new invention was supposed to have big implications for schools.
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In many classrooms, computers have been used to improve efficiency and keep pupils engaged.
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Yet there are also reasons to believe that a profound shift is occurring. Thank you.
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Companies promoting typewriters, moving pictures, film projectors, educational television, computers and CD-ROMS have all promised to improve student performance.
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But they did not transform learning in the way their boosters predicted.
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It is wise, therefore, to be sceptical about the claims made for the current wave of innovation.
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