A New York state school district has decided to phase out laptops starting this fall, joining a handful of other schools around the country that adopted one-to-one computing programs and are now abandoning them as educationally empty - and worse.( NY Times)
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Posted on: May 6, 2007 4:08 PM, by EJGili
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At last! I was wondering when people would realise that pen and paper substitutes, no matter how technically advanced, are not the topic of true education...
Posted by: John Wilkins | May 6, 2007 11:02 PM
Very interesting. My son's grade school district committed to a lap-top program for all 4,5 & 6th graders a couple of years ago, but they have not announced any results of the costs, or +/- test scores. Maybe I should give them a call... so thanks for the link.
Posted by: J-Dog | May 7, 2007 09:00 AM