Re: [school-discuss] Distraction Device?

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a point I believe worth noting in what I've been doing vs. the 
OLPC approach that speaks to this article: when we put computers in the 
home, they're desktops typically for everyone in the family, including 
the adults who also need experience in word processing, spreadsheets, 
etc. to improve their marketability for better jobs.  We encourage the 
parents (usually a single mom) to always let the kids have precedence if 
the latter are doing homework, but the PC is seen as an educational 
tool, not a game platform, since it's shared by all in the family and 
also used by the adults for 'work.'  Maybe this is why the OLPC approach 
leads to more wasted time in the author's opinion?

Daniel

Yishay Mor wrote:
> and I presume Mr. Fisman used a quill to write this illuminating article? ;)
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> 2008/6/10 Joel Kahn <jj2kk4@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jj2kk4@xxxxxxxxx>>:
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>     Here's a recent critique of the One Laptop
>     Per Child project and similar efforts in
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>     http://www.slate.com/id/2192798/
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>     I'm curious about people's reactions to this.
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