for people who want to be as well informed as Cavin, you can purchase the book by Larry Cuban on amazon http://www.amazon.com/Oversold-Underused-Computers-Larry-Cuban/dp/0674011090
or download a pdf version here http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/edskas/Cuban%20article%20-%20oversold.pdf -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Tuesday 18 January 2011 22:04:50 Mugarura Cavin wrote: > Collins, > > i participate in an education ICT blog where people passionate about ICT in > education throw crazy ideas, > at 1 point i was excited about the OLPC initiatives, until i started > reading further, one of the master pieces, was "Oversold and under used - > Computers in the classroom, by Larry Cuban" > > I have come to a conclusion that while ICT is good, some of these > initiatives are like white elephants, i think its over 10 years since the > Great Nelson Mandela national stadium was built with a lot of fanfare, and > some analysts predicted that Uganda will not only go to the nations cup, > but the big one too (World Cup), and the standard of football has remained > the same or declined. > > The stadium holds more prayers, parties than soccer activities > > Someone pointed out that initiatives like OLPC make good schools better and > bad schools worse, and i think he had a point _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
