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Is Early Childhood Education Technology Moving Backwards?

Posted by timothy on from the but-moore-didn't-say-anything-about-this dept.

theodp writes "Four decades ago, the NSF-sponsored PLATO Elementary Reading Curriculum Project (pdf) provided Illinois schoolchildren with reading lessons and e-versions of beloved children's books that exploited networked, touch-sensitive 8.5"x8.5" bit-mapped plasma screens, color images, and audio. Last week, the Today Show promoted the TeacherMate — a $100 gadget that's teaching Illinois schoolchildren to read and do math using its 2.5" screen and old-school U-D-L-R cursor keys — as a revolution in education. Has early childhood education managed to defy Moore's Law?"

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  1. Re:This is a joke, right? by taniwha · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that claiming that if most people wont be white then it will be a catastrophe, is simply racism

  2. Re:This is a joke, right? by diamondsw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [i]No, I'm not Black, Asian, Latino - I'm a mongrel mixed breed. I can badmouth ALL the ignorant bastids, 'cause I'm related to them.[/i]

    No, you're just an ignorant asshole diverting a good discussion into your filth.

    --
    I don't know what kind of crack I was on, but I suspect it was decaf.
  3. Re:This is a joke, right? by coaxial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that claiming that if most people wont be white then it will be a catastrophe, is simply racism

    Rated -1 flamebait. Wow. Simply wow. One can only assume that the mod agrees that if most people aren't white then it is a catastrophe. Glad to see that racists and/or juvenile trolls are represented in the mod community.

    Of course, if history is any guide, "White America," will just redefine "white" and regain the majority. :P