From what I've seen if you want any tech you MUST get the manufacturer provided Nav which is usually sub par. That of course artificially inflates the package price but unless you want to give up the other tech features, sometimes as mundane as bluetooth or even aux in, you must pay and take it as part of the package. I like the idea of CarPlay or AndroidAuto that allows the phone to provide the interface. That way the tech can evolve along with your phone, however the car makers seem to always bundle that with their overpriced, underperforming Nav system just to keep their vig.
You guys are missing the point a bit. Laptops in education are about education, not computing. In this instance, the goal is to use computers to be learning aids - much like pen and paper.
No one would advocate learning how to produce pencils and paper in order for students to use them in the classroom. The same concept applies here.
Later on in High School there should be opportunities to learn how OSes work, not in 7th or 8th grade.
A lot of non-public funding for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (invoving iBooks for every 7th & 8th grade student in the State) was funded by the Gates Foundation.
On the other hand, if the foundation engages in that practice of giving away free MS software, I would find that to be a huge conflict and a contradiction.
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From what I've seen if you want any tech you MUST get the manufacturer provided Nav which is usually sub par. That of course artificially inflates the package price but unless you want to give up the other tech features, sometimes as mundane as bluetooth or even aux in, you must pay and take it as part of the package. I like the idea of CarPlay or AndroidAuto that allows the phone to provide the interface. That way the tech can evolve along with your phone, however the car makers seem to always bundle that with their overpriced, underperforming Nav system just to keep their vig.
You guys are missing the point a bit. Laptops in education are about education, not computing. In this instance, the goal is to use computers to be learning aids - much like pen and paper.
No one would advocate learning how to produce pencils and paper in order for students to use them in the classroom. The same concept applies here.
Later on in High School there should be opportunities to learn how OSes work, not in 7th or 8th grade.
A lot of non-public funding for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (invoving iBooks for every 7th & 8th grade student in the State) was funded by the Gates Foundation.
On the other hand, if the foundation engages in that practice of giving away free MS software, I would find that to be a huge conflict and a contradiction.