No-Tech Schools In Tech Land

manyoso writes: "This article in the Oregonian tells how some hi-tech parents at Intel are opting for a school without computers for their children. From the article: 'Conventional wisdom holds that children can only benefit from exposure to technology', but children, 'shouldn't spend first-grade skipping coloring and learning to keyboard... Emphasizing computers doesn't seem to enhance students' creativity and could even stifle it... We want them to eventually see what a computer can do for them, but only after they know what they can do for themselves.'" Clifford Stoll has argued and written along similar lines.

Comments

well, good for them.

[Em Emalb]

Basically, this is interesting, but it all boils down to doing what they feel is right for their children. That is ok by me. This DOES NOT mean you should do the same with your children, nor does it mean they are severely jaded by computers or anything else.

It was a personal decision for them. Your results may vary.

This isn't really news, in my opinion. It's a family matter, and unless Slashdot has become news for nerd-families, stuff that might matter if you have kids.