Abstract: Simulation technology is one of the most recent products of the knowledge explosion in both the social and physical sciences. Some important facets of simulation tech nology are explicated toward the end of assisting social workers toward improved analytic, design and behavioral perform ance in real systems. This paper asserts that simulation technology possesses high utility for social work practice. An over view is provided including what it is, the phases it has passed through, a simulation typology, and some examples of its uses. Social work educators face the challenge of keeping abreast of emerging knowledge and technologies as they strive to meet their responsibilities to students. This requires a coping response to the information explo sion, a phenomenon that distinguishes the social work profession in particular and the behavioral sciences in general. The amount of information currently available —an implosion—along with the rapidity with which it continues to be generated— an explosion—has produced a crisis.1 The

Abstract: Will technology humanize or dehumanize the school? Snider considers the implications and concludes: "We cannot stop technology; we can only give it direction and purpose."