What you are saying is that technology can change culture, isn't it the same than "Dependency Creep"?

To me, productivity through technology is an outcome. Not the reason. For example: When you are at a checkstand paying for goods and your bill is few pennies short of a next dollar amount, say $ 12.96 and you give the clerk one penny extra so she/he can give you a nickle back, have you seen the puzzle look in their faces? You are talking about technology stumping the school system productivity. Your last paragraph says a lot of preparation and hand holding is a good tool to introduce technology.

Technology is a vehicle is to introduce change and if you think of it, strategy will dictate the change.

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