As a school Librarian of twenty years plus, I have seen computers erode the ability of students in many areas; research skills have become "press print", mental maths have gone out the window and numbers become disembodied from reality ; eg; using a calculator on a pc a student multiplied 10 by 20 qnd got 70,ooo as an answer. He accepted the answer as correct because the machine said it was correct. Writing and spelling seem to have suffered most and writing in long hand seems to have become impossible. The trouble with technology is that it has turned information into a consumer product and users of technology into "the ghost in the machine".
An interesting thread, glad you brought this to our attention. Thank You.