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As an educator...
my opinion carriers a bit of weight due to living in the trenches with the students.

Although the idea of a PDA type device to carry textbook information is both logical and practical in an ideal world. The world of education is currently far from ideal. The average student fails to bring pen, pencil, and paper to class everyday. And the special ed/504 student who has protections seldom brings their required materials. Therefore a high-tech gadget will be left in the locker, at home, or totally lost. Sadly the most we can do in public school is to complain about it, now we cannot even withhold grades for lossing or damaging school property.

This generation has never been held to being responsible; schools that have tried this using laptops have nearly become bankrupt.
Posted by: geekscienceteacher   Posted on: 11/14/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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As an educator...  geekscienceteacher | 11/14/08
I am in educational tech  NoThomas | 11/14/08
It will never happen.  IT_Guy_z | 11/14/08
How about just getting off the crusade and asking  frgough | 11/14/08
While the core resources for  Linux User 147560 | 11/14/08
Come on now.  ajole | 11/14/08
You don't throw a laptop away after you write your essay on it...  T1Oracle | 11/14/08
Also, if you use Linux you can have the same machine running for a decade  T1Oracle | 11/15/08
Hey! You did it!  nizuse | 11/15/08
So are trees  nizuse | 11/15/08
It takes petroleum products  Linux User 147560 | 11/14/08
Uhm.. no  nizuse | 11/15/08
It's an environmental issue  Linux User 147560 | 11/16/08
Um... XO?  krasni_bor | 11/14/08
Its more than just the $$$  cornpie | 11/14/08
There's only one way going paperless will work  aep528 | 11/14/08
Sometimes they really don't know...  cornpie | 11/14/08
Paper has its place.  ajole | 11/14/08
Cut less trees!  no nonsense | 11/15/08
RE: Going paperless...Are we really saving money?  jerknob | 11/15/08
RE: Going paperless...Are we really saving money?  pbldigitalizer | 02/12/09

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