[Phys-L] Ipads in the classroom

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Ipads in the classroom <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/prorevfeed/~3/zw8MHiwvKEY/ipads-in-classroom.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email>
Posted: 23 Dec 2015 12:00 AM PST
Laura Hall, Washington Post -  <https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-gave-my-students-ipads--then-wished-i-could-take-them-back/2015/12/02/a1bc8272-818f-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory>A study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development looked at school tech initiatives in more than three dozen countries (although not the United States) and found that while students who use computers moderately show modest gains over those who rarely do, heavy technology use has a negative impact. “Students who use computers very frequently at school do a lot worse in most learning outcomes, even after accounting for social background and student demographics,” the report concluded. …

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(Includes conformation for JC.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-gave-my-students-ipads--then-wished-i-could-take-them-back/2015/12/02/a1bc8272-818f-11e5-a7ca-6ab6ec20f839_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_opinion-card-d%3Ahomepage%2Fstory  

bc prefers to live in the 20th cent.  (only a macbook pro and a dumb radio‘phone and lists)