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Apple Tests Well in Education
wongaboo writes "Business Week has some interesting insights into Apples in schools. I remember when I was in K-6 an Apple was about the only computer you could find. Then in high school there were some PC's around but it was still mostly Apple. In college is was just the reverse: all PC's and no Apples. Now they are giving kids in high school a laptop when they show up; will it be an Apple? Either way, it makes me want to be a kid again."
I would have assumed it'd be the other way around, since the kids were already used to windows. ...so they were very adept at ctrl-alt-del X2
These are some of the things molecules do...... given 4 billion years -Carl Sagan
--Studies have been done that show using Word with spell/grammar check is a detriment.
--What methodology was used? can you cite sources
He's extrapolating upon the 'Calculators are a detriment to slide rule skills' research conducted back in the 70's.
Which, if you'll recall, dates all the way back to the 'Pointy sticks are a detriment to bludgeoning-with-rocks skills' study of 20,000 BCE.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.