tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post4592286810227391271..comments2023-10-19T06:26:40.873-07:00Comments on Blacknike: Laptop for school kidsBadhrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549143296407318099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-79570260853936990402008-08-08T04:40:00.000-07:002008-08-08T04:40:00.000-07:00Laptop Computers- compare n buy best laptops at lo...<a href="http://www.naaptol.com/buy-online/WO-shopping-best-deals-W13O/computers_-_peripherals/laptops.html" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Laptop Computers</a>- compare n buy best laptops at lowest price, naaptol.com offers best deal to buy branded laptop computers with user reviews at low price online in india.Santosh Kumar Rokahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04647642000521593906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-3517694667543665102008-08-05T21:20:00.000-07:002008-08-05T21:20:00.000-07:00Teachers lack adequate training to support the exi...Teachers lack adequate training to support the existing curriculum. Adding a layer of technology – especially one that is most likely not readily found at home or at the nearest Internet café – will only make it harder to train them. In addition, the project needs to avoid falling in to the trap where hundreds of laptops wind up as a status symbol in the hands of more affluent students in urban schools.<br><br>see my full article at <br>http://socialecosystem.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/businessweek-one-laptop-per-child-lands-in-india/#more-85Raj Melvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10745765696182885439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-71276072067840893702008-08-04T23:24:00.000-07:002008-08-04T23:24:00.000-07:00I think laptops are a waste of resources for schoo...I think laptops are a waste of resources for school children of std 10 and below. Badri's point is well taken that there do exist scenarios where a multimedia presentation can comfortably outperform the conventional teaching methods. But even for that, a projector in a school suffices. My bigger argument is with where our priorities should lie. Before focusing on how best to teach advanced topics, we ought to ensure that the basics reach out to all and sundry. Else, it will be again "excellence for some", but not "justice for all".<br><br>Besides, how many of these advanced topics can be claimed to be "essential"? If one is able to show that some form of computer animations makes math easy for primary kids hailing from economically-and-educationally backward communities, it may be worth a try. But, I wouldn't vote for the use of these rather expensive techniques for stuff like cloud formation which is important but not enough.Pulkithttp://pulzinponderland.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-88920806830549120822008-08-04T22:04:00.000-07:002008-08-04T22:04:00.000-07:00While I don't disagree with your points on pra...While I don't disagree with your points on practical learning, there is still a good use for computers even for middle and high school level. There are quite a few things that may not be learnt in a practical manner. For example, how do you understand formation of clouds or photosynthesis in a practical manner? Its not hard to imagine that computers help here.<br><br>I think the right way to see it is to computerise classroom learning, rather than replacing outdoor learning by computers.<br><br>On Rs. 400 laptop, who knows? there may be valuable lessons learnt from Simputer that will help here. I am glad that the research continuesBadhrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15549143296407318099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-54454787898894783202008-08-04T20:39:00.000-07:002008-08-04T20:39:00.000-07:00Secondly I was just going through the press releas...Secondly I was just going through the press release and I really doubt if IISc and IITM can produce laptop for $10. I am not being pessimistic, but from prior experience of simputer, which I guess is long dead.Golihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098722470734173622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16861130.post-58766397657059068162008-08-04T20:37:00.000-07:002008-08-04T20:37:00.000-07:00I am really not sure if you need laptop for childr...I am really not sure if you need laptop for children. To me laptop makes studies virtual, and I think till primary education, most things should be practical and done physically preferably using playgrounds and gardens. I fail to see how laptops can make education more simpler. Quality of teachers is most important.Golihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13098722470734173622noreply@blogger.com