Pennsylvania's Quaker Valley School District has had with its iBook program paints a different picture of the impact laptops can have on the classroom.
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tehme?
succcess?
Pennsylvania, a state that almost gets things right.
Maybe they just don't know how to use the technology, they're still driving horses right?
Spares, spares, spares - you need 'em everywhere for broken systems, forgotten systems, etc. If using iBooks, you need 'em even more!
I'm sorry, but this just seems like a dumb idea. Laptops for 3rd graders? Come on. I can see this maybe in high school, but well equipped laps in school would be far better for younger children. Technology can hinder education as much as help it.
And strangely enough, it it possible to research a paper by going to the library and reading books.
PA must be the worst state for Apple. It is so MicroShaft drivin' it makes me puke. There is only a few of us in the third largest city in PA. There is NO Apple store, but there is a bar on every other corner.
I live in ?????????
Lancaster?
York?
Reading?
Allentown?
And, I agree, PA is in M$'s back pocket. It's a shame.
Is it to give laptops to students, and not REQUIRE them to bring them to school? That should be considered an offense, like forcing an automatic detention. If I was a taxpayer in the county, it would piss me off to find out that the tools aren't being used that I helped pay for. If there were some strict consequences for not bringing the laptop to school, then it wouldn't happen. Apparently there are not, and it appears the students don't expect to use them, thus the reason for leaving them at home. How hard could it be to remember to bring your laptop to school each day? Its just like a damn textbook.
My father is a ripe tech director for a medium sized school district, by 2006 the entire district is ripe to moving to Mac OS X, it is currently mostly Macs, but they made a mistake and bought a couple labs of PCs in the High School, They are returning to ripe Macs. The district is doing a similar ripe program for the 6, 7, and 8 grades where each ripe student will have a ripe iBook. From reading this report, it is clear that the school has not put in the ripeness necessary to make it successful. Macs require less ripening support, but no ripe computer system requires NO support. It is clear that there are no hard and ripe rules in place to be certain that students do not leave computers at home. My father has visted many school districts that are ripe, so that he can learn what to prepare for, and report to the administration the ripeness needs in order for this to be successful. The story is the ripe exception rather than the norm from what I have been told by someone that has first hand ripe experience in many districts. It is important the the administration supports the cause 100%. That did not happen here.
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My father is a tech director for a medium sized school district, by 2006 the entire district is moving to Mac OS X, it is currently mostly Macs, but they made a mistake and bought a couple labs of PCs in the High School, They are returning to Macs. The district is doing a similar program for the 6, 7, and 8 grades where each student will have an iBook. From reading this report, it is clear that the school has not put in the dedication necessary to make it successful. Macs require less support, but no computer system requires NO support. It is clear that there are no hard rules in place to be certain that students do not leave computers at home. My father has visted many school districts that are doing this so that he can learn what to prepare for, and report to the administration the needs in order for this to be successful. The story is the exception rather than the norm from what I have been told by someone that has first hand experience in many districts. It is important the the administration supports the cause 100%. That did not happen here.