1. " Internet videos...are no substitute for a fired-up teacher who is there in Person"- in other words, Clifford Stoll is doubtful that the connection teachers make with the teacher can never be replicated on the computer or with videos.
    While I agree that there is a personal connection that gets lost with the constant use of technology over teacher interaction, oftentimes these videos are the result of thousands of hours of hard work and dedication.  The people who put the videos together have a narrower focus than a teacher and so they are able to do a thorough job.  Also, students will listen and watch a video because it keeps their attention whereas a teacher has a much more difficult time in keeping the students attention when speaking for that length of time.  It also gives teachers a break from being in the spotlight and gives them time to observe the class and its interactions.  I don't think that videos should ever replace the human interaction between teachers and students, but I do feel that they are an enhancement that needs to be utilized.

2. ebooks are easier to transport because you can have many books in one.
    It is wonderful that you can transport a library, but take up the amount of space that one book does.  Yet, I worry about the character and strength of a society which values convenience and making the least amount of effort possible over effort.  It is the effort we put into something that makes it valuable to us and strengthens are character.  I'd like to say I had an answer for this one, because we are raising a society of lazy children, but I don't.  I think that teachers should do their best to challenge their students minds so that they won't grow complacent, challenge them to strive for things so that they can be proud of their work, and challenge them to take time to do things instead of rush through them.
 

3. Clifford says that the internet and computers are geared towards getting fast, low quality information and eat up the funding for books.
    This is indeed a disturbing thought. I do not think that quality can be substituted for by the  speed and convenience of getting the information that you need.  I have often been frustrated by how long I have to search to find  a site that has the information I need.  Anyone can put a site up on the internet- there aren't editors or publishers checking the credibility of their work. It is also sad to me that funding for books has gone down because I don't see how the essence of books can be replaced.  The technology we have purchased has not only cost more than the books, but they are constantly needing repair and upgrading so as not to be obsolete.  Teachers should make students aware that the information they find on the internet may not be accurate. They should also teach them how to look things up in other places, like the library.

4. ebooks aren't archival, they are costly, and they require machinery to interpret them.
    I agree that with the speed at which technology changes and replaces itself, it will be impossible for people 30 years from now to read things that are being saved on disks and cds.  The information will die  with their translators so a lot of their value is lost.  However, in contradiction to that statement, the cost of transforming a book into an ebook is a very expensive and daunting task.  The only way that I can see for a teacher to help in this situation, is for her to teach the students to value what has history to it and not just what is new.
 

5.  The last statement is a question Clifford Stoll posed, "Which is the tool, the computer or the user?"
    I work at a school and I am constantly amazed at how little children know of cultural literacy and it struck me that students are on the internet so much that they rely completely on its veracity and don't bother to find if the information is true or not.  Also, the students don't bother remembering the information they see on the internet because they can always go back and there  is too much of it to begin with.  Students are losing out when they never bother to look outside of their computer screen for information about what is going on in the world.  The only way that I see for teachers to improve the situation, is for them to instruct and guide students in using the computer, but not relying on it.  Show them the other sources that are out there and empower them.