Comments for Papyrus News http://papyrusnews.com ... on digital learning and literacy Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:23:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on New Reports on Technology in US Schools: The Changing Divide by How technology in education is destined to fail « Shawn Lauzon http://papyrusnews.com/2010/10/26/new-reports-on-technology-in-us-schools-the-changing-divide/#comment-672 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:23:09 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=455#comment-672 [...] and access: although the student:computer ratio in public schools is about 3:1 across the country, it is argued that 1:1 is necessary for computing to take a central position in education; [...]

]]> Comment on Enrolling my Kids in Japanese Kindergarten/Daycare (Hoikuen) by Annabelle http://papyrusnews.com/2010/09/18/enrolling-my-kids-in-japanese-kindergartendaycare-hoikuen/#comment-671 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:41:33 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=431#comment-671 What an interesting post ! I am looking for more informations for my reaseach paper on Early Childhood Education and disability in Japan. This will give me an overview of my topic. Thank you.

]]> Comment on About that Silicon Valley Waldorf School by Which is worse: fantasy presented as fact by a high-ranking veteran journalist — or by film-makers not in the documentary business? « post-Gutenberg http://papyrusnews.com/2011/10/24/about-that-silicon-valley-waldorf-school/#comment-670 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 23:54:40 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=554#comment-670 [...] — according to one blogger’s good humoured evisceration of the non-evidence in an excellent post on Papyrus News about the rather less overblown report in The New York Times on which Simon was [...]

]]> Comment on About that Silicon Valley Waldorf School by Daniela http://papyrusnews.com/2011/10/24/about-that-silicon-valley-waldorf-school/#comment-668 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 07:46:05 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=554#comment-668 My simple thought: THE danger IS not computer AND technology but HOW we use it.
I am so glad I got the chance to read and that’s thanks to technology!
Nice meeting you guys.
Daniela from Florence Italy

]]> Comment on How to Write a Statement of Purpose for a Ph.D. Program by Mark Warschauer http://papyrusnews.com/2010/11/25/how-to-write-a-statement-of-purpose-for-a-ph-d-program/#comment-662 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:42:34 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=458#comment-662 Yes, I would think so, though you can also check with people in your own field for extra advice.

]]> Comment on How to Write a Statement of Purpose for a Ph.D. Program by Alakshendra Tripathi http://papyrusnews.com/2010/11/25/how-to-write-a-statement-of-purpose-for-a-ph-d-program/#comment-661 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:32:16 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=458#comment-661 Is this the structure to be followed for MS/PhD programs too???

]]> Comment on How to Write a Statement of Purpose for a Ph.D. Program by Kirungi Jackline http://papyrusnews.com/2010/11/25/how-to-write-a-statement-of-purpose-for-a-ph-d-program/#comment-655 Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:44:56 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=458#comment-655 Hello.
I love your contribution about SOP for Ph.D. it is really worth for a person making a first attempt. Please you are clear in your communication.
Thank you so much

]]> Comment on New Reports on Technology in US Schools: The Changing Divide by Why Schools should Incorporate Computers more in School « The WA English 8 Blog http://papyrusnews.com/2010/10/26/new-reports-on-technology-in-us-schools-the-changing-divide/#comment-650 Fri, 04 May 2012 02:23:49 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=455#comment-650 [...] being used in school with old operating system, thus making it the computer slower( All facts from http://papyrusnews.com/2010/10/26/new-reports-on-technology-in-us-schools-the-changing-divide/). Then students will be fed up with these slow computers and be discouraged to use them. Even now [...]

]]> Comment on Enrolling my Kids in Japanese Kindergarten/Daycare (Hoikuen) by Mark Warschauer http://papyrusnews.com/2010/09/18/enrolling-my-kids-in-japanese-kindergartendaycare-hoikuen/#comment-647 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:01:33 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=431#comment-647 I think your best bet is to post your inquiry on the Education in Japan email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edn-in-jpn/. People there will have more info on this topic than me.

Good luck!

]]> Comment on Enrolling my Kids in Japanese Kindergarten/Daycare (Hoikuen) by Misa http://papyrusnews.com/2010/09/18/enrolling-my-kids-in-japanese-kindergartendaycare-hoikuen/#comment-646 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:52:11 +0000 http://papyrusnews.com/?p=431#comment-646 This was a great post! I was wondering if you had any information on summer school? My parents will be moving back to Japan and I would like to come for the summer and enroll my little girl in preschool as she currently attends a Japanese preschool in the states. She will be 4 by that time. I am half Japanese and my parents will be there, so we are hoping to potentially arrange it ahead of time. Any tips or reference sites would be so helpful! Thank you!

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