(English Translation of the Article of page 47 of Gladius School Yearbook 1983)
To keep up with the rest of the world the school acquired 25
microcomputers. Six years ago, having a computer was economically impossible
for any institution in general; nowadays, thanks to space travel that has
caused micro – miniaturization that lower it cost, has been made it available
to many.
In 1983, almost six years after the advent of the
microcomputers, it is anticipated that the human being who does not have at
least an idea of what a computer is; "Computer Literacy" knowing a
computer language; will be in the future as an illiterate today.
Computers in general are the most successful machines ever
done; because they are capable of transforming themselves into other machines
according to what you program them for (PROGRAM: Program-set of instructions
that the computer follows orderly to perform certain tasks foreseen by us). You
can then have with her a tireless teacher, a playmate, an infallible
mathematician, an ecological system, a data bank, a flight simulator, etc. The
examples could continue only limited by the human intellect that programs them.
The mistake of many is to think that the computer eliminates
or diminishes man's reasoning ability; really what it does is amplify it and
open new horizons in these microworlds created in the screen of the television;
their reasoning then becomes more logical and structured.
Another mistake is to think that computers exclude the human
element, forgetting that those depend on men in order to function.
Within the field of computers there is a branch called CAI
(Computer Assisted Instruction) that we will be used to raise the academic
level of students at the school preparing them for the university.
Now that we have computers, we rely on the enthusiasm of the
students to be able to take advantage of this technology to the maximum.
Page 47 Article in Spanish with pictures
Gladius Yearbook 1983 Cover Page.
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