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I went to a private school in australia that introduced laptops to the classroom in 1995 (fifth grade for me)... heres what I can say.
It was extremely useful for work, and helped a lot with that. It got me interested in programming (BASIC, logowriter, html (way back in 95 or 96 I made my first web page...))
MORE importantly, it provided a distraction - games, games, and, uh, games. Why is this more important? first off, i had to find a way to connect to the network without using my proper ID and such so that when we swapped games (via email, heh), i wouldn't get in trouble. This gave me at least a working understanding of a lot of under the hood things, and configuring everything just right for the games did the rest. then the time factor kicks in - i used a computer so much it replaced every thing else. I prefer to write math formulas, take notes, communicate - all with my pc.
Now in college, (UC BERKELEY! GO BEARS) i have a reputation in my building as being the 'computer guy'
her - 'my internet doesn't work'
me - hmm, wtf, everything looks ok, wait a sec, why does your ehternet card wobble around... open case... ah, see, its good to have it connect to the motherboard...
or
'why do popups keep coming on every page' followed by a download of zonealarm, hijack this, adaware...
so, it provides easy money (or better yet 'favors',;) and continues to help in my education - so, from my experience, laptops in school = l337 h4X0r c00l! boXx3n 4 4||! (uh, did i just unmake my point wit that last part?)
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umm, im on MSIE and the abbr tag works fine, it even says it should in the page you linked to.
ool. I went to a private school in australia that introduced laptops to the classroom in 1995 (fifth grade for me)... heres what I can say. It was extremely useful for work, and helped a lot with that. It got me interested in programming (BASIC, logowriter, html (way back in 95 or 96 I made my first web page...)) MORE importantly, it provided a distraction - games, games, and, uh, games. Why is this more important? first off, i had to find a way to connect to the network without using my proper ID and such so that when we swapped games (via email, heh), i wouldn't get in trouble. This gave me at least a working understanding of a lot of under the hood things, and configuring everything just right for the games did the rest. then the time factor kicks in - i used a computer so much it replaced every thing else. I prefer to write math formulas, take notes, communicate - all with my pc. Now in college, (UC BERKELEY! GO BEARS) i have a reputation in my building as being the 'computer guy' her - 'my internet doesn't work' me - hmm, wtf, everything looks ok, wait a sec, why does your ehternet card wobble around... open case... ah, see, its good to have it connect to the motherboard... or 'why do popups keep coming on every page' followed by a download of zonealarm, hijack this, adaware... so, it provides easy money (or better yet 'favors', ;) and continues to help in my education - so, from my experience, laptops in school = l337 h4X0r c00l! boXx3n 4 4||! (uh, did i just unmake my point wit that last part?)