FW: RE: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop

[stephenwatts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

While it is always interesting to try to read a speech, Professor Papert does
indeed begin to address in his speech the possibilities suggested by a process
engineering/re-engineering approach.

Thanks for the link, Daniel!

Steve

> From: "Daniel Ajoy" <dajoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:04:30 -0600
>
>
> On 2 Oct 2005 at 13:43, Steve Watts wrote:
>
> > 2. Assuming all students had a laptop issued to them, what would they do
> > with it? I am an employee of a high tech company, and we generally don't
> > buy a computer until we have a compelling reason to do so. Is there a site
> > or location where I can go to read about what a typical day for a laptop
> > equipped student might comprise? This is the type of thing I do for a
> > living in semiconductor manufacturing and I'm having a bit of trouble seeing
> > this vision at least at present. What am I missing?
> >
> > Any further insights would be greatly appreciated.
> >
>
> I just finished reading:
>
> http://www.papert.org/articles/LookingatTechnologyThroughSchool.html
>
> Daniel
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> From: "Daniel Ajoy" <dajoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> To: schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: RE: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop 
> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:04:30 -0600 
>
>
> On 2 Oct 2005 at 13:43, Steve Watts wrote: 
>
> > 2. Assuming all students had a laptop issued to them, what would they do 
> > with it? I am an employee of a high tech company, and we generally don't 
> > buy a computer until we have a compelling reason to do so. Is there a site 
> > or location where I can go to read about what a typical day for a laptop 
> > equipped student might comprise? This is the type of thing I do for a 
> > living in semiconductor manufacturing and I'm having a bit of trouble seeing 
> > this vision at least at present. What am I missing? 
> > 
> > Any further insights would be greatly appreciated. 
> > 
>
> I just finished reading: 
>
> http://www.papert.org/articles/LookingatTechnologyThroughSchool.html 
>
> Daniel 
>
>
>
>
>
> ***************************** 
> OpenWorld Learning 
> http://www.openworldlearning.org