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Mr. Negroponte gets it wrong.
He wants to make it possible to better teach people who are learning under a tree.
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"It is about learning. It is a long-term investment in young children who will not be in the job market for 5 to 10 years at least. Teaching 6-year-olds Excel is criminal."
On the contrary, the Intel group wants the children to learn something useful to them. Excel, part of the world's software, is useful to them:
"And learning business applications isn't generally viewed as bad among educators in emerging markets, said Davies. Often, it's what they want to teach kids."
Never assume the lack of good sense on the part of those trying to improve the lives of their children.
Mr. Negroponte is arguing for a project which will allow him to feel better about what he has done for the world. His competitors want to make the world better.
Mr. Negroponte gets it wrong. - Posted by: Anton Philidor Posted on: 02/28/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Teach your children to Excel.
Anton Philidor | 02/28/07
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I agree
Michael Kelly | 02/28/07
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Right, but they don't need to learn MS Excel or MS Word. They can learn to
DonnieBoy | 02/28/07
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Use what they choose
Boot_Agnostic | 02/28/07
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In this case, MS Office was not even an option. It is way too bloated to
DonnieBoy | 03/01/07
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More like he states it wrong
IT_User | 02/28/07
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I think there will be a light-weight word processor and spreadsheet.
DonnieBoy | 03/01/07
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Negropronte has it right. We need the cheapest computers possible, so that
DonnieBoy | 02/28/07
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Two visions...
Omch'Ar | 02/28/07
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These projects are already a great success. They have forced manufacturers
DonnieBoy | 03/01/07
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NEC's new venture of Home Thin Client Computing
technocp@... | 03/07/07
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