Not disagreeing about importance, but this is again a question of access and not of ownership. "1:1" in the classroom without ownership may not provide access at home. ownership without power infrastructure may not provide access.
SJ remembering the 6 years he had computer-dependent courses before getting his own laptop On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:37 PM, Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1:1 is really *very* important, for many reasons, not the least of which > is the following: > > If a teacher cannot *rely* on a child having access to a computer for > teaching their class and/or homework, you are, in essence, asking them > to greatly *increase* their work-load, by having to prepare two > curricula, one computer based, and one conventionally based (on paper, > chalkboard, or in extreme cases dirt). Teaching is tough enough as it > is without making the teacher's workload go up. > > - Jim > > -- > Jim Gettys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One Laptop Per Child > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >
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