Learning is a multi-faceted experience. The more immersive the environment, the more likely a student will learn. The more that is done for the student, the less he will learn.
If it were up to me, a student would have a textbook, pens and paper, and math or science charts only.
I agree.
If it were up to me, a student would have a textbook, pens and paper, and math or science charts only.”
Like we used to have back one could learn something in public school. Although later some students required a slide rule or an abacus.
Computers, with rare exception, have amplified “income inequality”, in that they make smarter people more capable, and the...uhhh...”less smart” less capable. Even FR is a mixed bag, a time-suck, although it may have improved my writing and critical thinking skills. Perhaps it’s sharpened my wit.
Anyway, this school really, really should have used the Internet and consulted the best practices that a business would have maintaining a fleet of equipment. I’ll bet that instead, they gave $xxxx extra to the social studies teacher to help run the show. The article describes mistakes that a for-profit company would NEVER have made.
First thing, each student should have been made aware that having one was a “shared responsibility”.
If a student will not learn, nothing will make him.
If a student will learn, nothing will stop him.
Every one of those students was given as much opportunity as young Bill Gates was.
and slide rules. (I have one, I barely know how to use it)
Too many pictures in textbooks too, and they weigh way
too much.