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Student name Student number Tutor`s name Subject name Subject number Date Computers in education This paper takes a critical look at the impact computers have had in the education system and also demonstrates the manner in which computer use has evolved in the education system. In today`s world, people interact with computers in almost all areas of their lives. Be it in communication, entertainment, transport, manufacturing processes as well as other professional and social aspects of daily human life (Oak 1). Education whether formal or informal has two major goals. The first one is to pass on the lessons, cultures, values and traditions of the previous generation to the current generation. The other goal of education is to prepare the children for the future. That is providing them with skills that will facilitate their survival in this dynamic world (Molnar 5). Computers on the other hand were originally built for the core purpose of hastening mathematical calculations in various fields of science. For this reason, the very first computers were confined to laboratories and workshops. As a matter of fact, they computers such as the ENIAC were the workshops owing to their vast size. With time however, national leaders as well as scientists quickly saw the immense potential this new technology had in the field of learning. Today, virtually every school and a good majority of households worldwide have a computer. A brief history of...