Carol Bartz, the new CEO of Yahoo stated that meeting face to face is more efficient than sending an email or an instant message, because to be a “great reader of people” you need to see them.
Technology too often isolates us instead of connecting us. It is one of the problems I have with people who believe that computers are the end-all, be-all for solving education’s problems. While technology supplies a valuable resource and tool and helps save time, children lose the ability to converse and interact with others.