This article quotes the study of Romanian students which found that computers lowered learning outcomes
I believe this study is flawed and its conclusions suspect http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2008/06/home-pcs-lower-education-results.html Tony > This may have already come up in the 680 unread messages I have in my > inbox... If so, my apologies. > > A researcher in my office subscribes to Miller-McCune magazine, whose slogan > is "Turning Research into Solutions". After seeing last week's presentation > by SJ et al, he handed me an article from the latest issue (September / > October 2009, Volume 2, Number 5). > | News and Opinions by Timothy Ogden (page 12) > | > | COMPUTER ERROR? > | There appears to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in > developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program. > > The article is available on-line at > http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390 > > At the risk of being burned at the stake, though I'm one of the devout, I > think the author makes some good arguments that should be either countered > POLITELY and/or addressed. > > -- > Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo > Washington, DC > http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ > <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; > font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>This may have already come > up in the 680 unread messages I have in my inbox...  If so, my > apologies.</div> > <div> </div>A researcher in my office subscribes to Miller-McCune magazine, > whose slogan is "Turning Research into Solutions".  After seeing last week's > presentation by SJ et al, he handed me an article from the latest issue > (September / October 2009, Volume 2, Number 5).<div> >  </div><div>| News and Opinions by Timothy Ogden (page > 12)</div><div>| </div><div>| COMPUTER ERROR?</div><div>| There appears to be > cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than > the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.</div> > <div> </div><div>The article is available on-line at <a > href="http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390"; > target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); > ">http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390</a></div> > <div> </div><div>At the risk of being burned at the stake, though I'm one of > the devout, I think the author makes some good arguments that should be > either countered POLITELY and/or addressed.</div></span><br>-- <br>Ubuntu > Linux DC LoCo<br> > Washington, DC<br><a > href="http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/";>http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/</a><br> > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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