The end of "one laptop per kid"-programs in schools?

Skybird · 05-05-07, 02:08 AM

Why am I not surprised?

in America:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/ed...l?pagewanted=1

in Germany:
http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE6...~Scontent.html

Having some teachers in my circle of acquaintances, and having thought about this developement of "one laptop per schoolkid" myself, I always had doubts that this new "trend" in schoolteaching would make much sense if used as a lead paradigm without differing between different contents of learning for which the hardware is used. friends also tell me that during classes the laptops they have in their classes constantly are abused for gaming, emailing, chatting, like the FAZ article also is reporting. there is so much to learn as a fundament for which there simply is no replacement for the old-fashioned way of learning by reading books, using paper and pencil, and doing things manually and by hand. This is so very important. Like more and more distracting OS systems in the main only cause the user not to know about the bascis of computer management anymore (on the DOS level for example) and thus he is more and more limited in the ways in which he can use the computer for working (those ways allowed by a DOS, or a given software), one-to-one-programs also lead to a singular and limited perception of information, teaching pupils not more, but less that way. The competence to use computers individually and at free will and creativity is not increasing but decreasing by this. your number of options by which to approach a working procedure in which you use a computer is declining.

It seems that both in America and Germany more and more schools come back to their senses. About time: the number of people leaving school and not being able to do basic calculations and to read and write flawlessly is increasing at growing speeds.

05-05-07, 02:08 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,603 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The end of "one laptop per kid"-programs in schools? Why am I not surprised? in America: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/ed...l?pagewanted=1 in Germany: http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE6...~Scontent.html Having some teachers in my circle of acquaintances, and having thought about this developement of "one laptop per schoolkid" myself, I always had doubts that this new "trend" in schoolteaching would make much sense if used as a lead paradigm without differing between different contents of learning for which the hardware is used. friends also tell me that during classes the laptops they have in their classes constantly are abused for gaming, emailing, chatting, like the FAZ article also is reporting. there is so much to learn as a fundament for which there simply is no replacement for the old-fashioned way of learning by reading books, using paper and pencil, and doing things manually and by hand. This is so very important. Like more and more distracting OS systems in the main only cause the user not to know about the bascis of computer management anymore (on the DOS level for example) and thus he is more and more limited in the ways in which he can use the computer for working (those ways allowed by a DOS, or a given software), one-to-one-programs also lead to a singular and limited perception of information, teaching pupils not more, but less that way. The competence to use computers individually and at free will and creativity is not increasing but decreasing by this. your number of options by which to approach a working procedure in which you use a computer is declining. It seems that both in America and Germany more and more schools come back to their senses. About time: the number of people leaving school and not being able to do basic calculations and to read and write flawlessly is increasing at growing speeds. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 05-05-07 at 03:25 PM.