Is there a plan on how the schools will use these computers? Or will it just be left to the teachers? My observations on what teachers in the US often do with computers is not too inspiring: keyboarding (=typing), programs like MathBlaster for drill in arithmetic, teaching kids to do high-level plagiarism in PowerPoint. On the other hand, I recall a news report that told about an Indian enterpreneur who put internet-connected computers out on the streets (embedded in walls) in a destitute neighborhood just to see what kids would do with them with absolutely no instruction. They learned enough typing and English on their own to surf the web. Is anyone planning to do observations and research on what happens with this project? (If not, maybe I'll volunteer. ;-) I'm semi-serious--I was involved for some years in an ethnomathematics project in Alaska, developing math curriculum based on traditional Yup'ik skills.) Electric power: solar? stationary bicycle? I'm dreaming of the hand-cranked $100 laptop that the MIT gang is trying to produce. On Mar 14, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Jonathan D. Proulx wrote:
Susan Addington Math Department, California State University, San Bernardino |
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