DaybyDay
Posts:314
 | | 01/25/2008 2:34 PM |
 Alert | | I don't know how many people saw the news this morning (channel 4) But apparently, Kyrene and another school district, have a program that will provide lap top computers for every student. Right now, certain school have 1 computer per 3 students. Eventually, every student will have a lap top and do away with traditional books. These are elementary school programs. Does anyone know about these programs? Is this something we can get for Maricopa elementary schools? | | | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3053
| | 01/25/2008 2:45 PM |
Alert | I wish...
Our company donates their old computers to schools. We get new laptops every 3 years and the old ones are purged and sent to schools.
Don't know how to get Maricopa on the list.. sorry. | |
Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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Bionicbunny
Posts:612
| | 01/26/2008 8:51 AM |
Alert | | No books, just computers... why? What is the idea supposed to be here? | | | |
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pissedparent
Posts:334
| | 01/26/2008 2:20 PM |
Alert | The idea is #1 to save tress. #2 to save spinal cords. #3 to update information at the click of a button. I remember a school who paid thousands for history books (they were fabulous) BUT the Berlin Wall fell, communism fell, desert storm happened, the USSR map changed...with in a few years - thousands of dollars down the tubes. What a waste!
No one said they need to buy $2000.00 Toshiba's, there are cheaper laptops, they can work out a relationship with computer and software company to get it cheaper. It would be a great idea but most schools still are in talks to get them. Most colleges don't have them either. | | | |
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phantomlover
Posts:27
| | 01/28/2008 10:49 PM |
Alert | http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/wireless/ps5678/ps430/prod_case_study0900aecd804407fd_ps379_Products_Case_Study.html
Check it out.... It actually looks cost effective. My concern is if a parent did not opt for the insurance and a student dropped a computer. Parents might not buy the insurance for reasons of affordability, and then might not be able to afford to fix or replace a broken computer. | | | |
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YZRacer
Posts:1641
| | 01/29/2008 6:53 AM |
Alert | I sure wish I had up to the minute info when I was in school! A laptop would have been nice, since we didn't have a family computer way back then  | |
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wolfpack..
Posts:228
| | 01/29/2008 8:47 AM |
Alert | http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptop/
MIT has created a laptop especially designed for children that are $100.00. Check out the link it's pretty cool. | |
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N75194
Posts:56
| | 01/29/2008 9:57 AM |
Alert | | The MIT program is for children in third-world countries to get them acquainted with basic technology. The program in the schools is called the "One-to-One Laptop Initiative". Apple and Dell both supply grants to outfit the schools with the computers, but you're probably still looking at a steep price for the textbooks whether they are in hardcover or flash drive. | |
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Sinbad
Posts:3053
| | 01/29/2008 10:27 AM |
Alert | The world is changing people...Let go of the old school and embrace the future.
Books are our past, comp's are our kids future. | |
Just doing it one day at a time. Change is good and it should be looked upon as an improvment! not a problem.
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caveman
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| | 01/30/2008 11:11 AM |
Alert | | Computers wont solve our poor education system. They are the future but we have students that are not even getting the basics. | | | |
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Maricopaknife
Posts:38
| | 01/30/2008 5:32 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By N75194 on 01/29/2008 9:57 AM
The MIT program is for children in third-world countries to get them acquainted with basic technology. The program in the schools is called the "One-to-One Laptop Initiative". Apple and Dell both supply grants to outfit the schools with the computers, but you're probably still looking at a steep price for the textbooks whether they are in hardcover or flash drive.</div>
I heard that 60% of those computers had downloaded Porn on them. Wow MIT brings Pornography to third world countries. | | | |
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janedo
Posts:75
| | 01/31/2008 5:07 PM |
Alert | Who's responsible to replace the computers when the children break them? What about theft? Are you excused from your homework if you forgot to charge your laptop the night before? I didn't read the article yet, but I'd be asking a lot of questions if my child's school was going to put this program into place. It seems to me like there is a much better way to spend money in the school systems then with computers for each student. I also don't think it is a good idea for children to be staring at computers all day. It can't be good for their eyes. Instead of complaining about sore backs from backpacks, they'll be complaining about strained, tired eyes, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Digger
Posts:63
| | 02/01/2008 7:44 AM |
Alert | While a program like this can have a huge impact on educating the children especially with interactive training, the demise of the teaching industry wouldn't be to far behind.
Big brother would no longer be just a conversation about the future but he would finally be here.
While we would have a greater number of children succeeding in school, even more children would be devoid of natural feelings.
Calling this progress is debatable.
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RanchoElPoyo
Posts:10
| | 02/01/2008 5:51 PM |
Alert | I think this is a terrible idea.
Children are in K-12 to learn basic skills, 3-R's, etc., and are there so that they can either prepare for advanced education, or prepare to enter the job market.
I think it's fine to have desktop workstations, in dedicated rooms, that would allow children to use them as resources, but it strikes me as silly to go to the extra expense of purchasing portable computers for each student when the purpose of K-12 is "to learn how to learn".
Why would purchasing laptop computers, which are much more delicate, and expensive, than desktops, be a good idea? If the same amount of energy were put into designing, and marketing, inexpensive desktops, the schools, and parents, would save even more, without having to worry about accidental damage. In addition, how many hours per day are the children going to be using these laptops? I would doubt more than a couple of hours per day (where they are using them for educational purposes). Why not just share desktops between all of the students, and save ourselves some money?
I suspect the accidental breakage issue to be a big problem. And, it would be a pretty good excuse why Johhny didn't get his homework done. | | | |
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Ice
Posts:46
| | 02/01/2008 8:25 PM |
Alert | | Most notebooks made specifically for children are made to withstand a normal child's day. I would think doing something like an dummy terminal for each student would be sufficient given the proper network and server backbone. | | | |
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