microrobert
02-11-2012, 04:38 PM
Who really benefits from putting high-tech gadgets in classrooms?
How much genuine value is there in fancy educational electronics? Don't let companies or politicians fool you.
Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's classrooms.
Every schoolchild should have a laptop, they said. Because in the near future, textbooks will be a thing of the past.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column
How much genuine value is there in fancy educational electronics? Don't let companies or politicians fool you.
Something sounded familiar last week when I heard U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski make a huge pitch for infusing digital technology into America's classrooms.
Every schoolchild should have a laptop, they said. Because in the near future, textbooks will be a thing of the past.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column