Consider Low Tech First?

I have heard many technology professionals state that we should "always consider low tech first."

Actually, I strongly disagree. It is my belief that, instead of always starting at the low-tech end of the technology continuum, we should ask what tools would give our students the closest approximation to the age peer’s access to the learning process, including speed of acquisition of knowledge, closest approximation to the output speed, quality of output, and independence of the student’s non-disabled peers.