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Re: PCs and education
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 18:05:42 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ken DiPietro <ken () new-isp net> Date: May 7, 2007 7:57:02 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] PCs and education Dave,An few observations, if you feel it would be valuable for list discussion.
Two points I would like to raise for the list's consideration.1.) Given the price of textbooks and their rapid obsolescence, would laptops employed as a complete replacement for textbooks (E-Books) be a better investment?
2.) While we can readily accept that the benefit to education of these laptops might have been negligible, is it the technology or the inherent inability to the current educational system to correctly apply this technology that should be held accountable?
As a personal observation, it would seem that the inherent distractions we have seen in the workplace (employees checking personal email, reading news, etc.) would indicate that computers might not have any value in the workplace, if we were to follow this same logic.
Respectfully, Ken DiPietro New-ISP/NextGenCommunications David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: "Gordon C. Thomasson, Ph.D." <gthomas1 () stny rr com> Date: May 6, 2007 6:54:32 PM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: PCs and education Dave,I know it is heresy for (most?) IP-people, but this should be confronted honestly. With ever-shrinking education budgets (in terms of $-buying power, energy costs, etc.), honest cost-benefit analysis must be done and faced-up to. Even with the fabled $100 (now the even more fabled $10) PC, the question is not just can computers be afforded financially, but educationally. I'm sure a hidden camera in the back of my college classroom (I'm NOT suggesting one) would show some of those apparently studious laptops have something other than course notes on the screen. And as for IM-ing ...Gordon C. Thomasson, Ph.D.
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