Yup.
Most mornings I see bunches of little kids walking to elementary school with huge packs on their backs. Something that frees them from lugging textbooks around would be a good thing, too. If Jobs is smart, he'll push the book-reader aspects of this thing really hard.
I just got an e-mail from Theodore singing the praises of his Elements on the iPad. :-) Cheers, Scott. |
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Wrong solution to that problem
The problem with kids struggling under packs of books is that they're taking home that much work at all.
The research base showed no correlation between academic achievement and homework -- besides reading -- in elementary school, a small benefit in middle school and more for high school.http://ed.stanford.e...me=notify1&id=580 Even though the objective statistics claim homework in the elementary level has little effect on testing, I'm going to go ahead and describe a subjective benefit that justifies doing it anyway.http://lrs.ed.uiuc.e...cthome/page5.html I may have corrected a typo in the highlighted part of that last one. In other words, no kid under 12 should ever be bringing home books. It doesn't help. Making it easier to carry the books is solving the wrong problem. --
Drew |
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Interesting.
Dunno that I agree, but it's something to think about.
Cheers, Scott. (Who honestly doesn't remember doing a lot of homework in grade school, but does remember having issues practicing cursive writing at home in 3rd grade.) |
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Re: Interesting.
I can say that when I take a look at the literally hours of work my kids (8 & 10) are supposed to do each night that I think it's completely insane.
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element-ary, my dear iPad
- (rcareaga)
- (55)
- April 2, 2010, 11:48:22 PM EDT
:-)
-NT
- (Bman)
- April 3, 2010, 02:40:15 AM EDT
:-) The poster don't do that, either.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- April 3, 2010, 08:09:05 AM EDT
Re: element-ary, my dear iPad
- (malraux)
- (8)
- April 3, 2010, 10:16:50 AM EDT
They burned through a bunch of SLR shutters
- (crazy)
- April 3, 2010, 10:26:09 AM EDT
Neat. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- April 3, 2010, 10:41:48 AM EDT
I think this thing's niche could be education.
- (malraux)
- (4)
- April 3, 2010, 11:54:40 AM EDT
Yup.
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- April 3, 2010, 12:50:47 PM EDT
Wrong solution to that problem
- (drook)
- (2)
- April 3, 2010, 04:58:13 PM EDT
Interesting.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- April 3, 2010, 05:16:36 PM EDT
Re: Interesting.
- (jake123)
- April 4, 2010, 10:08:48 AM EDT
impressive!
- (SpiceWare)
- April 3, 2010, 12:17:13 PM EDT
KHLRPD
- (drook)
- April 3, 2010, 12:21:18 PM EDT
Hope mine comes soon
- (Bman)
- (3)
- April 3, 2010, 01:05:58 PM EDT
Isn't the 3G a month out?
-NT
- (crazy)
- (1)
- April 3, 2010, 01:54:23 PM EDT
Re: Isn't the 3G a month out?
- (Bman)
- April 3, 2010, 02:45:32 PM EDT
I #8 you
- (SpiceWare)
- April 6, 2010, 10:19:21 AM EDT
The point being...
- (rcareaga)
- (18)
- April 3, 2010, 09:25:04 PM EDT
I must confess to be amused at the nerdRage engendered by it
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (17)
- April 4, 2010, 01:09:35 AM EDT
Thank You
-NT
- (Bman)
- April 4, 2010, 03:04:53 AM EDT
Ditto likewise.
- (static)
- (14)
- April 4, 2010, 07:28:31 AM EDT
The only thing I really dislike...
- (malraux)
- (10)
- April 4, 2010, 09:48:56 AM EDT
that won't be an issue for long
- (SpiceWare)
- (9)
- April 4, 2010, 06:33:15 PM EDT
Yes, that will be nice when it's there.
- (malraux)
- (8)
- April 4, 2010, 06:44:12 PM EDT
hehe
- (SpiceWare)
- (7)
- April 4, 2010, 07:13:36 PM EDT
It is the only sane stance
- (scoenye)
- (6)
- April 4, 2010, 10:08:43 PM EDT
Their end users are "out of the wind"
- (SpiceWare)
- (5)
- April 5, 2010, 10:33:39 AM EDT
Other players learned their lesson
- (drook)
- (2)
- April 5, 2010, 11:48:04 AM EDT
Re: Other players learned their lesson
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- April 6, 2010, 02:00:39 AM EDT
That's really interesting
- (drook)
- April 6, 2010, 08:45:03 AM EDT
Who is the licensed supplier on Linux? And where after 2015?
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- April 6, 2010, 09:08:52 PM EDT
Re: Who is the licensed supplier on Linux? And where after 2
- (SpiceWare)
- April 13, 2010, 03:00:50 PM EDT
Perhaps.
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- April 4, 2010, 10:10:43 AM EDT
My TV doesn't play Flash!
- (drook)
- April 4, 2010, 11:47:00 AM EDT
Correct.
-NT
- (static)
- April 5, 2010, 08:31:13 PM EDT
Where's the like button on that one?
-NT
- (jake123)
- April 4, 2010, 10:09:28 AM EDT
overview of 3 magazines on the iPad
- (SpiceWare)
- (2)
- April 5, 2010, 03:10:52 PM EDT
Neat. Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- April 5, 2010, 07:16:26 PM EDT
Hmm ...
- (drook)
- April 5, 2010, 07:35:49 PM EDT
But, will it blend?
- (malraux)
- (8)
- April 6, 2010, 02:46:49 PM EDT
Display kept working a *long* time
-NT
- (drook)
- April 6, 2010, 03:39:47 PM EDT
The height of Murican atavism..
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- April 7, 2010, 03:34:04 PM EDT
On one hand, it's just a mass-produced 'thing'
- (Meerkat)
- April 8, 2010, 07:29:43 AM EDT
I guess they are going to have to...
- (folkert)
- April 8, 2010, 09:21:21 AM EDT
By the way, anybody else read "Prey"?
- (drook)
- (3)
- April 8, 2010, 09:25:06 AM EDT
Yep.
- (malraux)
- April 8, 2010, 09:53:29 AM EDT
It's in your brain
- (crazy)
- (1)
- April 8, 2010, 01:06:53 PM EDT
Would have brought it up sooner, but that's when I read it
-NT
- (drook)
- April 9, 2010, 01:10:25 AM EDT
Yes, the iPad *is* gadget porn.
- (malraux)
- April 8, 2010, 10:28:27 AM EDT
iBookend.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- April 10, 2010, 07:45:11 AM EDT
hehehehe :-)
-NT
- (Bman)
- April 10, 2010, 10:34:44 AM EDT
:-)
-NT
- (SpiceWare)
- April 10, 2010, 12:09:16 PM EDT
Kos - My iPad as a Tool.
- (Another Scott)
- April 13, 2010, 10:29:50 PM EDT
About the worst iPad review I've seen -> here.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- May 23, 2010, 01:08:39 PM EDT
I have had my IPAD...
- (Bman)
- (1)
- May 23, 2010, 01:40:06 PM EDT
Will it Blend??
- (Bman)
- May 23, 2010, 01:53:25 PM EDT
