I have long been disappointed by a basic contradiction–my own research and that of others has shown that 1-to-1 laptop programs are very valuable educationally, but such programs have nevertheless been slow to spread in the US. For that reason I became quite interested in the potential of low-cost netbooks using open source software in [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Has the $200 Educational Laptop Arrived?
Posted in general on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
About that Silicon Valley Waldorf School
Posted in general on October 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
You’ve got to hand it to the New York Times. They always come up with provocative articles about technology in education that really get people thinking and talking. The latest one was, entitled A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute, interviewed a number of technology firm employees who choose to send their children to the [...]
