[IAEP] Another article that could probably use some measured response.

[forster at ozonline.com.au]

This article quotes the study of Romanian students which found that computers lowered learning outcomes

I believe this study is flawed and its conclusions suspect
http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2008/06/home-pcs-lower-education-results.html

Tony


> This may have already come up in the 680 unread messages I have in my
> inbox...  If so, my apologies.
> 
> A researcher in my office subscribes to Miller-McCune magazine, whose slogan
> is "Turning Research into Solutions".  After seeing last week's presentation
> by SJ et al, he handed me an article from the latest issue (September /
> October 2009, Volume 2, Number 5).
> | News and Opinions by Timothy Ogden (page 12)
> |
> | COMPUTER ERROR?
> | There appears to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in
> developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.
> 
> The article is available on-line at
> http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390
> 
> At the risk of being burned at the stake, though I'm one of the devout, I
> think the author makes some good arguments that should be either countered
> POLITELY and/or addressed.
> 
> -- 
> Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo
> Washington, DC
> http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/
> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>This may have already come up in the 680 unread messages I have in my inbox... Â If so, my apologies.</div>
> <div>Â </div>A researcher in my office subscribes to Miller-McCune magazine, whose slogan is "Turning Research into Solutions". Â After seeing last week's presentation by SJ et al, he handed me an article from the latest issue (September / October 2009, Volume 2, Number 5).<div>
> Â </div><div>| News and Opinions by Timothy Ogden (page 12)</div><div>|Â </div><div>| COMPUTER ERROR?</div><div>| There appears to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.</div>
> <div> </div><div>The article is available on-line at <a href="http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 51); ">http://miller-mccune.com/business_economics/computer-error-1390</a></div>
> <div>Â </div><div>At the risk of being burned at the stake, though I'm one of the devout, I think the author makes some good arguments that should be either countered POLITELY and/or addressed.</div></span><br>-- <br>Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo<br>
> Washington, DC<br><a href="http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/">http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/</a><br>
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