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Continued Opposition To Laptops in Schools
theskeptic writes "The WSJ has an article about opposition to programs that provide laptops to 6-8th grade kids. Detractors say that the kids are wasting too much time online browsing dangerous sites, instant messaging friends, and posting to Myspace. Parents are worried that serious learning is being neglected in the quest to 'dazzle up presentations with fancy fonts instead of digging through library books.' Some parents however are 'enthusiastic laptop proponents,' one saying the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son 'master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.'" Gaaah.
'the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.'
I need to talk to that young man. I keep getting this error when trying to compile a PowerPoint presentation:
make: *** No rule to make target `mindblowingpresentation.powerpoint', needed by `pointyhairedboss.info'
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'the laptop has helped her twelve-year-old son master critical professional skills like how to compile a PowerPoint presentation.'
So now he's prepared to show his friends a 15 minute slideshow about why girls have cooties?
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
I'm a halfway competent network administrator...where do I send my resume?
Sorry, you're overqualified.
-jcr
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"Thiss iz mi Powhour pont prezentation four Engish clas".
Are you close to Boston ? Know bash or Tcl ? Do you have your resume somewhere online ? Thx !
If you cannot read, write, or speak, what good will PowerPoint do for you?
Well, that's the whole point now, isn't it? Most PowerPoint presentations that I saw led me to believe PowerPoint was made for those who cannot read. Or write. Or speak.
Most people who give power point presentations can't read, write, or speak... and that doesn't stop them.
I don't read your sig. Why are you reading mine?
And also how to NOT read directly from a PP presentation.
PowerPoint has done two things to meetings: lengthened them, and made them less informative. And made them take longer to set up for. Three things. Lengthen them, make them less informative and harder to set up. Oh, and greatly increase their lethal effect on brain cells. Four things...
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.
I concur as well.
6th graders should be featured on dangerous websites, not surfing them. As a strong supporter of NAMBLA, I worry that some of these 6th graders will come across nude pictures of themselves or their friends and blow the whistle. The risk is simply too high to allow them unfettered web access.
after reading your advice, I concur. you are a halfway competent network administrator.
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Newton's a PDA and Napolean's an ice cream, right?
(yes, I know it's Neapolitan (now), but I grew up calling it that in my early years cause I was familiar with Napolean and just ended up seeing that instead of 'Neapolitan'. This was at like 7 or 8...)
We sound just like our parents!!
The dog ate my hard drive!!
Are you freakin' kidding? PowerPoint rocks! I mean, WTF would Lincoln's Gettysburg Address have been like if he didn't have PowerPoint? Boring, that's what. Really, his "New Nations" graph is just the best! And the "Review of Critical Objectives" bullet-points? Sweeeeet!
Computers are far more fragile than books, and more expensive to boot.
I don't know how much it costs to boot a schoolbook, by my laptop boots for free..
(couldn't help myself, sorry)
I kNOW DCL cAN I aPPLY?
VMS iS tHE fUTURE!
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Looking at the moderation on your post, I guess one Slashdotter's decision between "-1, Supports Bush Administration Policy" and "+1, Provides Tech Solution to Social Problem" was resolved by choosing the former.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Lets cut this crap out that funding of the schools is the problem it isn't even the problem at all.
I hope you're not the one teaching kids English.
"Excuse me, did you say 'Trekker'? The word is 'Trekkie.' I should know; I created them." -- Gene Roddenberry
I currently go to High School and we are underfunded, do you know why? My science textbooks are so out of date, they still list Pluto as a planet!
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Get a *really* competent network administrator and some modern media-savvy teachers, and the textbook issue will take care of itself. Heck, you could probably even reduce the poundage in kids backpacks by replacing the laptops with modern 3G cell phones, reducing repetitive strain injuries to young, growing spinal columns the way the current textbook system works.
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Man, I was hoping your imdb link went here. The whole promoted through high school without learning to read or do math made me think of it.
warning: This post is likely to contain gobs of dripping sarcasm. Consume at your own risk.