omega minimo
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Thu Oct-01-09 10:49 PM
Response to Reply #47 |
| 55. No. Never. Books are basic. That's it. |
| -Should schools abandon textbooks and instead have laptops for each student |
greenbriar |
Oct-01-09 07:34 PM |
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No. In my experience, technology tends to distract from learning, not enhance it. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:35 PM |
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most of those books are obsolete by |
mzteris |
Oct-01-09 07:36 PM |
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Depends on the subject. nt |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:38 PM |
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I said "most" |
mzteris |
Oct-02-09 12:00 AM |
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Yes, at least the students would get current information. |
muntrv |
Oct-01-09 07:37 PM |
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Until you're in graduate school, the content is almost completely unchanging... |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-01-09 08:00 PM |
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History need updating |
greenbriar |
Oct-01-09 08:02 PM |
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(shrug) From now to 1999 is aboutt what - .00000001% of history? |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-01-09 08:03 PM |
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Couldn't they buy a supplemental book that covers the last few years? |
tammywammy |
Oct-01-09 09:38 PM |
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Few history classes concern themselves with the last ten years. nt |
Codeine |
Oct-01-09 10:16 PM |
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If grade school and high school text books are priced anything like those at the college level |
Telly Savalas |
Oct-01-09 07:37 PM |
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Yes, stop early and severe damage to young spines |
HereSince1628 |
Oct-01-09 07:38 PM |
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"Sever damage to young spines." Nonsense. |
Codeine |
Oct-01-09 10:21 PM |
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my issue with laptops |
tabbycat31 |
Oct-01-09 07:40 PM |
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In the case you describe |
customerserviceguy |
Oct-01-09 09:15 PM |
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we can at school |
greenbriar |
Oct-01-09 09:35 PM |
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Your district can filter the content. n/t |
madeline_con |
Oct-01-09 10:15 PM |
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I think Apple has this in mind for their upcoming tablet Mac. They have been talking to publishers. |
onehandle |
Oct-01-09 07:41 PM |
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Well, they may have to lower their prices then. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:43 PM |
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How 1996 of you. |
onehandle |
Oct-01-09 07:55 PM |
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Umm, I just checked on their website, everything is still as overpriced as I remembered. nt |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:58 PM |
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Well I checked other websites and see that they are not overpriced. |
onehandle |
Oct-01-09 08:01 PM |
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Schools do not pay retail for Apple computers. |
Codeine |
Oct-01-09 10:18 PM |
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Ah I see. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 10:22 PM |
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Apple tried this more than a decade ago, |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-01-09 07:44 PM |
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Steve Ballmer predicted that the iMac, iPhone, and Apple Stores would fail. |
onehandle |
Oct-01-09 07:52 PM |
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No, but my iBook sure failed - more times than I could count |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-01-09 07:53 PM |
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And yet they have the highest satisfaction and customer service ratings. |
onehandle |
Oct-01-09 08:00 PM |
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You will pry my Macbook off my cold dead hands |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-01-09 10:19 PM |
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They should have done the poll at the Fucktard Bar at South Coast Plaza |
Sen. Walter Sobchak |
Oct-02-09 03:42 PM |
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Of course he did, he works for the other guy. nt |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:54 PM |
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Well, computers can give you updated info, but then again the book batteries last longer. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Oct-01-09 07:42 PM |
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The book itself lasts longer as well. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 07:44 PM |
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Is there a laptop made that a third grader couldn't destroy in thirty seconds? |
Fumesucker |
Oct-01-09 07:44 PM |
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This one comes close |
Ms. Toad |
Oct-01-09 07:58 PM |
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That looks interesting.. Thanks for posting.. n/t |
Fumesucker |
Oct-01-09 08:11 PM |
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Laptops might be too expensive... what about something like a 100Gb flash drive? |
cherokeeprogressive |
Oct-01-09 07:44 PM |
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There are a lot of potential problems |
fujiyama |
Oct-01-09 07:49 PM |
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If you think textbooks are expensive now, wait until they go digital. |
girl gone mad |
Oct-01-09 11:55 PM |
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I believe they are already doing that. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-02-09 12:06 AM |
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Smart boards and electronic whiteboards are far better teaching tools |
Robb |
Oct-01-09 07:52 PM |
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I have a smart board, an air liner and use United Streaming |
greenbriar |
Oct-01-09 08:01 PM |
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Our district is heavy into Promethean boards these days |
Robb |
Oct-01-09 08:05 PM |
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No. |
LostInAnomie |
Oct-01-09 07:53 PM |
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No. Kids need to read. Nothing has yet replaced a book for ease of reading. |
JBoy |
Oct-01-09 07:56 PM |
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My daughter votes with a resounding no |
exboyfil |
Oct-01-09 07:57 PM |
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(shrug) Whatever. Which information conduit one uses doesn't matter all that much... |
BlooInBloo |
Oct-01-09 08:02 PM |
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If they offer me a brand new Apple MacBook Pro, with free upgrades every year for 5 years, then yes. |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-01-09 08:02 PM |
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It works |
teach1st |
Oct-01-09 08:11 PM |
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A kindle-type reader with a stylus |
rucky |
Oct-01-09 09:37 PM |
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No. Reading a book is different than reading a computer. Any more illiteracy and we might as well |
omega minimo |
Oct-01-09 09:43 PM |
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I think someting like a Kindle or other book reader |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-01-09 09:45 PM |
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Agreed. My daughters school bag must weigh 30 lbs...... |
piratefish08 |
Oct-02-09 03:46 PM |
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The first thought that comes to my mind |
SheilaT |
Oct-01-09 10:12 PM |
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I don't think it's a good idea |
ecstatic |
Oct-01-09 10:14 PM |
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I think if a teacher varied instruction and provided a plethora of resources |
greenbriar |
Oct-01-09 10:17 PM |
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If you came up with whatever combination leaves students with a vocabulary |
omega minimo |
Oct-01-09 10:48 PM |
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I love it |
proud2BlibKansan |
Oct-01-09 10:17 PM |
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Textbooks will never be free, ever. |
anonymous171 |
Oct-01-09 10:20 PM |
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No. Never. Books are basic. That's it. |
omega minimo |
Oct-01-09 10:49 PM |
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All X will be on the new medium, that's what they said about music |
MadHound |
Oct-01-09 11:18 PM |
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That technology is not as integrated into education as it should be is a travesty. |
Odin2005 |
Oct-01-09 11:21 PM |
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Logistics will be very very very very very very expensive. |
Statistical |
Oct-01-09 11:40 PM |
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