Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,
manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that is
missing in computer searches.
You've never wandered on
On 5/31/06, Michael Costolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I guess my point is that computers aren't a magic pill.Kids willlearn if their parents spend the time with them to teach them.Itseems increasingly more common that parents (in this country at least)take to some sort of electronic substitute for
On 6/1/06, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the risk of sounding indignant, I think you're over reacting. My son
(2.5 yrs) seems to treat the computer all the things he does on it as just
another toy. Sure I let him at it while I watch TV sometimes. I also let
him play with legos, the
A number of years ago, the issue of requiring each student have a laptop at
a private school came up. While this is quite different from public schools
in the US and in third world countries, some of the arguments are still
very valid.
Back at that time, some of the teachers objected because
a key skill pretty unique to computers is learning through
searching and discovery vs memorizing
Jonathan
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On 6/1/06, Jonathan Linowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a key skill pretty unique to computers is learning through
searching and discovery vs memorizing
I disagree. Before computerized dictionaries came along, whenever I
went to search through a dictionary to look up a word, I almost always
, not because
they are kind, but because you are.
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Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child pledge
On 6/1/06, Jonathan Linowes [EMAIL
On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that ismissing in computer searches.You've never wandered on Google? Read a post followed some random links to
On 6/1/06, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 6/1/06, Richard A Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I must say I agree with Ben, I did the same search through text books,
manuals when I was bored, just to see what was there, I think that is
missing in computer searches.
You've never wandered
are.
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pledge
On 6/1/06, Richard A
Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I must say I agree with
Ben, I did
Jon maddog Hall wrote:
...
I am currently reading a book called Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail
or Succeed by Jared Diamond which shows how even some isolated societies
collapsed when they did not take into account the global picture. The way
of stopping illegal immigrants and to
Jeff Kinz wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:01:52PM -0400, Fred wrote:
...
The original design called for a hand crank but it was determined that
it would stress the frame too much. Current plans call for a foot
pedal to produce power. None of the power plans require more than
periodic
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 11:08:01PM -0400, Bill Ricker wrote:
Please go see reader Rabbit or Math Blaster in action with kids
who are in Kindergarten through fourth grade. Then it will be clear to
you.
Right on Jeff. My daughter loved Reader Rabbit. I credit Reader
Rabbit and Harry
On 5/30/06, Bill Ricker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please go see reader Rabbit or Math Blaster in action with kids
who are in Kindergarten through fourth grade. Then it will be clear to
you.
Right on Jeff. My daughter loved Reader Rabbit. I credit Reader
Rabbit and Harry Potter between them
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
would make them better at reading or math.
Please go see reader Rabbit or Math Blaster in action with kids
who are in Kindergarten through fourth grade. Then
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 09:04:14PM -0400, Paul Lussier wrote:
If my kids didn't play with the physical ones, I'd have much less
opportunity to play with that stuff myself :) And let me tell you,
it's *FUN* to build big block towers with your kids and knock them
down!
[yes it is, and the
On 5/30/06, Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
would make them better at reading or math.
Please go see reader Rabbit or Math Blaster in action with kids
who
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:01:52PM -0400, Fred wrote:
Anyway, just to add my own $0.02, I don't see the $100 PC making much f a
difference -- unless it can connect to the Internet. Otherwise the third
world will be limited to whatever content and software their respective
governments will
On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 04:32:04PM -0400, Richard A Sharpe wrote:
I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in
the USA but third world I don't think so, let's start thinking about taking
care of our own first the rest of the world.
Mitt Romney has already
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I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in
the USA
David Ecklein wrote:
Perhaps I am talking apples and oranges here, in an effort to introduce a
note of skepticism. Does anyone have more detailed specs on these Model-T
laptops that must be cranked?
http://laptop.org/
I haven't been following the project closely, but attended a
presentation
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 09:10:53AM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
On 5/30/06, Jeff Kinz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:26:22PM -0400, Michael Costolo wrote:
I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or add
would make them better at reading or
Please go see reader Rabbit or Math Blaster in action with kids
who are in Kindergarten through fourth grade. Then it will be clear to
you.
Right on Jeff. My daughter loved Reader Rabbit. I credit Reader
Rabbit and Harry Potter between them for my daughter being literate.
Of course, this
On May 27, 2006, at 10:27 PM, David Ecklein wrote:
I don't understand this fixation on laptops. These are commodities
for the
affluent, costing twice as much when new as desktops. They have
far less
upgrade capability, the screens are delicate and hard to repair,
the mouse
and keyboard
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I don't understand this fixation on laptops. These are commodities for the
affluent, costing twice as much when new as desktops. They have far less
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Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child pledge
On May 27, 2006, at 10:27 PM, David Ecklein wrote:
I don't understand
The laptops of the MIT project don't have a lot of resemblance to the
disposable, fragile, overpowered 1st-world toys you find for sale at
the big box stores. Their design criteria lead them to choose the
laptop form factor. I haven't followed the project in detail, but I'd
suspect there were
those who are rude to you, not because
they are kind, but because you are.
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Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:27 PM
To: Fred
Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Subject: Re: One Laptop Per Child
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: One Laptop Per Child pledge
I'd support this project if it were to get a laptop in every household in
the USA but third world I don't think so, let's start thinking about
taking
care of our own first the rest of the world
Paul Lussier writes:
Right. Benson, crazy though he is, was foolish enough to think we
should take care of people in our country before helping other
countries people who can't read and write. That whole Charity begins
at home thing is just so, well, un-PC :)
Gosh, when you put it that
Bill McGonigle wrote:
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to
buy a $100 OLPC laptop:
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
I've been told that this pledge project is not directly affiliated with
the OLPC project, and that the OLPC laptops are not available in the
On Thursday 25 May 2006 21:04, Paul Lussier uttered thusly:
...
Yep. Getting computers to people in third world countries.
Right. Benson, crazy though he is, was foolish enough to think we
should take care of people in our country before helping other
countries people who can't read and
difference -- unless it can connect to the Internet.
The MIT folks realize that. They designed them with the 3rd world environment in mind.
Each laptop shares it's wireless connection with other laptops in
range, so the laptops nearest the one network link at the school repeat
it down the street
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 10:01:52PM -0400, Fred wrote:
Anyway, just to add my own $0.02, I don't see the $100 PC making much f a
difference -- unless it can connect to the Internet. Otherwise the third
world will be limited to whatever content and software their respective
governments will
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to buy
a $100 OLPC laptop:
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
The idea is that your $300 purchase funds two additional laptops in the
field. Even $300 seems like a pretty good deal on the hardware, though
it probably won't
On 5/25/06, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to buy
a $100 OLPC laptop:
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop
The idea is that your $300 purchase funds two additional laptops in the
field. Even $300 seems like a pretty
On 5/25/06, Michael Costolo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never understood why giving laptops to kids who can't read or addwould make them better at reading or math.Hmm.. I have a 2.5 year old at home. He's been playing with mommy's laptop since 18 months or so. At Xmas we got a PC in the living
I pledge at least 100$ to the laptop.. But the kid will probrably be me. Heck! Playing with a 100$ laptop in my livingroom helps a a child read AND write.. ME! :-) Thomas
On 5/25/06, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a pledge going on here for folks who want to pledge $300 to buya
Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
8) He can entertain himself w/o needing mommy or daddy.
I've got an almost 4 year old who's been doing that since pretty much
day one, and has never really played with the computers in the house
or watch TV.
Is a computer needed? Maybe not. But he makes
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