Does this device provide $500 worth of educational value, or are have we all just assumed that computers are now essential classroom furniture, and this is a good deal? A cheap computer is still a large educational expense that contributes very little on its own. Was there something that kids were learning before during the school day that we can now remove or teach better with this? How much educational value does a portable web browser and word processing machine really add? Are we going to start seeing standardized testing based on web research skills? Are we going to be able to teach people how to express themselves better because of the type of pen and paper they use to organize their thoughts? By the time kids need a computer in school, they need something that can do more than this. Computers have helped to enable distance learning, but when a live teacher is present, I think the âoecheap enough for every studentâ computer model dilutes more than it enables concentration.
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until someone clears up the odds of that asteroid hitting a goat.
Does this device provide $500 worth of educational value, or are have we all just assumed that computers are now essential classroom furniture, and this is a good deal? A cheap computer is still a large educational expense that contributes very little on its own. Was there something that kids were learning before during the school day that we can now remove or teach better with this? How much educational value does a portable web browser and word processing machine really add? Are we going to start seeing standardized testing based on web research skills? Are we going to be able to teach people how to express themselves better because of the type of pen and paper they use to organize their thoughts? By the time kids need a computer in school, they need something that can do more than this. Computers have helped to enable distance learning, but when a live teacher is present, I think the âoecheap enough for every studentâ computer model dilutes more than it enables concentration.