Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops - New York Times - 0 views
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Such disappointments are the latest example of how technology is often embraced by philanthropists and political leaders as a quick fix, only to leave teachers flummoxed about how best to integrate the new gadgets into curriculums.
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Michelle Krill on 14 Jan 09Dumping laptops into schools without a plan on how to use them will obviously meet with failure. IMHO.
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Last month, the United States Department of Education released a study showing no difference in academic achievement between students who used educational software programs for math and reading and those who did not.
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a survey of district teachers and parents found that one-fifth of Matoaca students rarely or never used their laptops for learning.
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