The Age of Technology

When Superintendent Richard Segerdahl invited the Levittown Tribune to tour Island Trees' new technology lab I agreed to go even though I did not expect to see anything terribly exciting. I realized as soon as I entered the classroom how wrong I was. Island Trees' new state-of-the-art technology lab is a truly amazing addition to any school.

As a middle school student I made a paper towel holder and a telephone pad among other things. Those projects are sitting in my family's basement with the exact same projects that my brother and sisters made. I don't think that any of us learned all that much from making those projects and I don't think any of us could ever make the same project again. Island Trees students have been offered a rare opportunity- the opportunity to learn something that will stay with them throughout their lives and that they may be able to use in their future careers.

Many school districts might not see the potential of a program like this, or may be more concerned with the cost of setting something like this up. There has to be some reason why only three school districts on Long Island have taken advantage of this new technology.

We at the Levittown Tribune salute the Island Trees School District for taking the initiative to institute this new technology in their schools when the opportunity arose. If the students don't appreciate this opportunity now, they may very well appreciate it later in their lives. Computers and computer technology is the wave of the future and it is only right that the schools prepare the students for the age of computers. Computers are a huge part of many of our lives and they are only going to become more so in the next decade. Island Trees students will have a jump on those of us who learned how to build paper towel holders in shop class.