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On Thursday 29 September 2005 11:29 am, Jeff Kinz wrote: > I have a more positive outlook. Eventually technology will enable > schools to tutor each student individually, with a curriculum that will > be specifically customized to the approach that works best for that > students individual brain wiring. As for things like IM being a This *will* be great. We aren't anywhere near there though. > distraction, (making kids "stupider") eventually the kids themselves > learn how to manage this. (And most school environments will probably > just shut it off/filter it.) Through WiFi on a fieldtrip? That would be somethin' to see. If you couldn't install things on the laptop except for approved apps or if the ports were blocked inside the school, yeah. > > The book monopoly/lobby/scam-artists are never, ever going to allow a 25 > > dollar, self-updating PDF file. Forget that dream, when they are making > > 100-150 per book, per student, per class. No way are they going to ditch > > *that* revenue-stream. > > As long as they have a choice, they won't. Most colleges/Universities > let the instructor choose the text for the class. Often the text will > be one the instructor or a friend of their's has written..... My father has been a professor for 40 years. He is rarely given full choices in his books. He is usually given a range or no choice at all. Typically schools have deals with manufacturers/companies that produce the books.
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