[IAEP] [UKids] Re: news article: Why schools should provide one laptop per child

[Jerry Vonau]

> On June 17, 2016 at 3:59 PM Ian Thomson <ithomson.nz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Have to admit to being a bit surprised that for a list serve that is
> called
> "Its an education project", all the comments are about the device.
> 
> IMHO, the biggest challenge (in the developing world) is how to make the
> giant step change from moving from a  resource poor teaching and learning
> environment to a resource abundant environment (enabled by ICTs). This is
> very different from what happens in developed countries.
> 
> I see huge potential in this, but nobody seems to be commenting on it.
> They
> still seem to focus on the device (even if the debate is about one-to-one
> or not, it is still device centric)
> 
> Ian

I agree, there is no reason we can not setup something like LTSP[1] for a
sugar based desktop lap. NFS mount /home and run the rest from a iso. Can
you say instant dual boot without touching the hard drive.

Jerry

1. http://www.ltsp.org/ 

1. 



> On 18 June 2016 at 03:14, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > On 17 June 2016 at 11:11, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I thought this was the best line:
> >>
> >> "These [failures] tended to be in school districts that treated
> >> computers
> >> like magical devices that would solve educational problems merely
> >> through
> >> their distribution, without sufficient planning on how they could best
> >> be
> >> deployed to improve learning."
> >>
> >
> > I added this to the vision of what SL should be
> >
> >
> > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Vision_proposal_2016&type=revision&diff=99052&oldid=99047
> >
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