The problem is that the local institutions of learning are largely
unlearned in the technologies they propose to purchase and implement.
Just throw a large number of dollars in that corner over there and the
students will somehow magically benefit.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/21/2011 11:12 PM, Scott Gomez wrote:
> Much to agree with, there. However, I'm not advocating for NOT using
> tablets, books, readers and/or PCs as fits what needs done. Rather, I'm
> dismayed to find that institutions of learning, rather than promoting
> openness, are so willing to advocate for people effectively tieing
> themselves to a company which markets a device so closed, and for which one
> must pay, and pay, and pay.
>
> Ever try and read a tablet like the iPad in bright sunlight? Why not use a
> reader like the Nook, or the Kindle, which actually *can* be read
> effectively that way? And I could go on, but I won't, other than to say
> this: Institutions of learning should be inclusive, and operating system
> agnostic.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:45, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile<
> fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss10/record2210.17.html
>>
>> Fernando.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Scott Gomez<sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> Bah. Specifying what device and O/S students are to purchase and run is
>>> sheer lunacy. Not to mention a waste of taxpayers money.
>>>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> South Korea recently announced they are phasing out all paper textbooks
>> by
>>>> 2014 and will foot the $2 Billion bill to supply every student with a
>>>> "tablet computer".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> George S.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The new jingle
>>>> iPhone, iPod, iPad, I poor !
>>>> One secondary school in New Zealand has just started a move to have all
>>>> ew entrants to 3rd form have an iPad.
>>>> Many many families will not be able to afford this, so there is a call
>> for
>>>> overnment to fund it
>>>> Amazing.
>>>> Brian Swale.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The new jingle
>>>> iPhone, iPod, iPad, I poor !
>>>> One secondary school in New Zealand has just started a move to have all
>>>> ew entrants to 3rd form have an iPad.
>>>> Many many families will not be able to afford this, so there is a call
>> for
>>>> overnment to fund it
>>>> Amazing.
>>>> Brian Swale.
>>
>>>
>>>
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