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I find this issue very conflicting. On one hand, I disagree with the current governors assertion that the program is a failure. Change in standardized test sco
by archildress 9y ago
I find this issue very conflicting.
On one hand, I disagree with the current governors assertion that the program is a failure. Change in standardized test scores seems like the wrong metric.
Kids need to use computers because it's a societal standard. Low income students may not have access at home and gaining familiarity is crucial. It's a form of literacy.
On the other hand, I've seen tech become the tail that wags the dog in schools. In my home school district, there was a huge purchase of Smart Boards. A year later, they were universally used solely as projector screens.
Very interested to see the comments evolve here so I can hear others' experience with edtech.
- AJ007 9y agoComputers definitely lowered my test scores as a kid. I spent most of my class time thinking about being at home using my computer. Studying and doing homework was an exercise in doing the bare minimum as fast as possible As an adult, I'm sure that the thousands of hours I spent trying to diagnose hardware problems, get games to run, mod games, create graphics (of all types), write software, and playing strategy games ended up giving me a tremendous advantage over my friends who finished their homework and watched TV or play console games.
- dawnerd 9y agoSame here. Spent all the time at home learning web development. Skipped college and I've been full time salary for about 10 years now. If it wasn't for that computer, I wouldn't be on HN today.
- jbergens 9y agoYou mean that the reason to use computers at schools is to get the students to quit school as soon as possible ;-)
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