In the mid-1990s, advocates for installing computers in every classroom pushed for new technology that could take students beyond the walls of their school through Internet and advanced software programs. But more than a decade later - as illegal music downloads, cheating plus instant messaging clogged school and college networks - some educators are taking a hard look at the academic opportunities and pitfalls of computers in the classroom. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that several districts across the country were dropping "one-to-one" computer programs - granting every student their own computer - because the machines were distracting students and made no contribution to academic achievement on campus.

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