tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post29232199634819659..comments2024-02-28T18:29:41.120-08:00Comments on Not of General Interest: NYTimes: "No Child Left Untableted"undinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-39397798160300988032013-10-18T06:24:34.535-07:002013-10-18T06:24:34.535-07:00tenthmedieval--I love this: "The head needs t...tenthmedieval--I love this: "The head needs to meet the hands in some way other than this expensive facepalm." <br /><br />And I do remember Palms! I have a PalmPilot and a much-beloved Handspring circa 2000 that I can't bear to part with, though the main key doesn't work any more. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-31006084386319494062013-10-10T10:37:43.473-07:002013-10-10T10:37:43.473-07:00Why must it always be iPads? Why not save thousand...Why must it always be iPads? Why not save thousands of dollars on cheaper tablets with free software on? Oh: because then you'd have to hire competent IT staff to set them up and lock them down. But seriously; the costs of iPads vs. an anyname Android tablet, why does this even begin to be the default? My suspicion: because the people ordering the purchases have heard of iPads and consider anything else dfferent and strange so assume that the students can't cope because they couldn't. But this model is already assuming a classroom most such people couldn't teach in, and perhaps as you suggest, Undine, because they understand what works in teaching better than the people who could. The head needs to meet the hands in some other way than this expensive facepalm.<br /><br />(Hey, remember Palms? Didn't we have this conversation about them too, long ago... ?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-58266962058116818262013-09-23T18:05:43.802-07:002013-09-23T18:05:43.802-07:00Lindsay--I agree. The iPad would seem to be great ...Lindsay--I agree. The iPad would seem to be great for accessibility issues. I'm not sure if they use the tablet for everything, but to me, it's the variety of shifting from screen to paper that makes meaning pop out. undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-85600630374165933932013-09-21T19:04:05.889-07:002013-09-21T19:04:05.889-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22001031.post-14884467423586477612013-09-21T19:03:58.200-07:002013-09-21T19:03:58.200-07:00Oh, my gosh, you're totally right about eyestr...Oh, my gosh, you're totally right about eyestrain.<br /><br />I guess it never occurred to me that they might actually make <i>everything</i> done in the classroom be done on the iPad --- I guess I had assumed it would be just some things.<br /><br />(I do have one thing that would make me happy about iPads becoming classroom staples --- the fact that they can be used so effectively as communication devices for people who can't speak. They are WAY cheaper than older types of communication devices, and they can do a lot more things.)Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.com