1.3.1 The Relationships Among Contexts of Past Projects
There were distinct themes that emerged during early computing initiatives, while each new
wave of innovation has produced some reinterpretation or elaboration of them. These themes
fall into three categories that correspond to the three areas of concern implicit in the term
educational computing projects. The projects have been carried out in an educational context,
they have used computer technology by definition, and they have been carried out within the
social and economic structures of the organization in which they take place. Together these
themes provide an understanding of important concerns. It is important to understand these
layers of themes and the relationships among them, because new initiatives are bound to face
some of the same issues as older problems, and many of these problems may be solved through
understanding the contexts in which they arise.