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Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning [Pap
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Bob Johnstone
- ISBN
- 9780595288427
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Never Mind the Laptops : Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning
- Publisher
- iUniverse, Incorporated
- Genre
- Fiction, Education
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Topic
- Computers & Technology, Thrillers / Technological
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 360 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
iUniverse, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0595288421
ISBN-13
9780595288427
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30444044
Product Key Features
Book Title
Never Mind the Laptops : Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Computers & Technology, Thrillers / Technological
Genre
Fiction, Education
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
371.3/34
Synopsis
"What we all hope for our children's education is undiminished curiosity and creativeness, and solid practical preparation for adult work. Today, there's no doubt that easy access to computers is vital for students. Bob Johnstone has brilliantly and passionately told the story of the worldwide struggle to make today's equivalent of the pencil accessible to all students." --Victor K. McElheny, author of "Watson and DNA" If every kid had a laptop computer, what would difference would it make to their learning? And to their prospects? Today, these are questions that all parents, teachers, school administrators, and politicians must ask themselves. Bob Johnstone provides a definitive answer to the conundrum of computers in the classroom. His conclusion: we owe it to our kids to educate them in the medium of their time. In this book he tells the extraordinary story of the world's first laptop school. How daring educators at an independent girls' school in Melbourne, Australia, empowered their students by making laptops mandatory. And how they solved all the obstacles to laptop learning, including teacher training. Their example spread to thousands of other schools worldwide. Especially in America, where it inspired the largest educational technology initiative in US history--the State of Maine issuing laptops to every seventh-grader in its public school system. This lively, intriguing, anecdote-rich account is based on hundreds of interviews. In it, you'll meet the visionary leaders, inspirational principals, heroic teachers, and their endlessly-surprising students who showed what computers in the classroom are really for., "What we all hope for our children's education is undiminished curiosity and creativeness, and solid practical preparation for adult work. Today, there's no doubt that easy access to computers is vital for students. Bob Johnstone has brilliantly and passionately told the story of the worldwide struggle to make today's equivalent of the pencil accessible to all students." -Victor K. McElheny, author of "Watson and DNA" If every kid had a laptop computer, what would difference would it make to their learning? And to their prospects? Today, these are questions that all parents, teachers, school administrators, and politicians must ask themselves. Bob Johnstone provides a definitive answer to the conundrum of computers in the classroom. His conclusion: we owe it to our kids to educate them in the medium of their time. In this book he tells the extraordinary story of the world's first laptop school. How daring educators at an independent girls' school in Melbourne, Australia, empowered their students by making laptops mandatory. And how they solved all the obstacles to laptop learning, including teacher training. Their example spread to thousands of other schools worldwide. Especially in America, where it inspired the largest educational technology initiative in US history-the State of Maine issuing laptops to every seventh-grader in its public school system. This lively, intriguing, anecdote-rich account is based on hundreds of interviews. In it, you'll meet the visionary leaders, inspirational principals, heroic teachers, and their endlessly-surprising students who showed what computers in the classroom are really for.
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