![]() But I know kids just play on them when they're at school, and there are obviously supervision issues. "A lot of families just can't afford to buy laptops for each child, so I was supportive of the government providing them. "It was sold to parents in such an exciting way as having thousands of dollars' worth of software for children that want to do graphic design, animation, and so on," she says. Mum Yvette, who runs parenting-advice site, is resisting his pleas for a more powerful laptop for now – but she agrees the department has been "overselling" the laptop program. Teachers know they're pretty bad, and some teachers don't even let kids use the laptops any more because they find half the kids are just playing games in class anyway." "Everyone says they never use them on holidays, and if I'm doing homework at home I wouldn't use it unless I've already started working on something in it. "I personally use it as little as possible – probably 10 minutes a day – and most people only use it when they have to," he says. ![]() Yet they've had the opposite effect, at least in his Sydney high school, where Lenovo ThinkPad Mini 10 netbooks (and comparable units from other years) are mainly used for basic entertainment – or not at all – by kids that find they're just too much effort for doing real work. That's a pretty low appraisal of devices that were meant to empower NSW students as citizens of the digital world. Students at Warners Bay High School in NSW and not mentioned in this article receive their laptops in 2009.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |