Laptop Woes - Education Articles - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 May 09
  

  Tod Baker
  • The local press was outraged that Cobb County decided to purchase Apple iBooks instead of the Dell laptops that Henrico County, Virginia just bought for $50 less per unit.

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      Tod Baker on 2009-05-17

      School/community relations and communicaitons need to be strong.
  • Fiscal prudence with the public purse is noble, but it is irresponsible to make computer purchases based solely on price. Not all computers are created equally. A public agency should be able to make the case that the bundled iLife creativity suite and operating system that Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal says, "leaves Windows XP in the dust," is worth a few extra dollars per unit. A legitimate educational rationale should be able to be made for purchasing Macs if a district so chooses.

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      Tod Baker on 2009-05-17

      This holds true today. iLife, it's the complete software suite that students use to create.
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  • • This led Maine and other jurisdictions to accept crippled operating systems that calm the public's fears, but create unintended consequences down the road. Disabling iTunes means no Tupac, but it also means no Martin Luther King, no Garageband music composition, no podcasting and no videoconferences with NASA scientists.

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        Tod Baker on 2009-05-17

        Keep it open. Educate users.
• 05 Sep 08
  

  paul reid

  And yet in 2005, the notion of a laptop for every student appears to be more controversial than ever. In fact, the proverbial laptop has hit the fan across the country. Shame on us!

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• 24 Mar 08
  

  Ryan Bretag

  1:1 Apple

• 05 Mar 08
  

  Sylvia Martinez

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  Wesley Fryer

  Gary Stager's Oct 2005 editorial on the Cobb County laptop fiasco

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Public Stiky Notes

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  Tod Baker on 2009-05-17
  School/community relations and communicaitons need to be strong.
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  Tod Baker on 2009-05-17
  This holds true today. iLife, it's the complete software suite that students use to create.
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  Tod Baker on 2009-05-17
  Keep it open. Educate users.

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