"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.
General
| Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2003 |
| First published: |
August 2003 |
| Authors: |
Bob Johnstone
|
| Dimensions: |
237 x 164 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
364 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-65897-8 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Educational resources & technology >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-595-65897-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780595658978 |
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