Comment by bko
17 hours ago
> We need deterministic open systems where kids’ privacy is protected
I don't think we need any computers really. They'll be inundated with computers and technology their whole lives. They'll figure it out. Just keep this tech out of the classroom altogether.
We've had computers in the classroom for over a decade now, scores and learning has not gone up. It's a failed experiment.
Why are you opposed to using personal computers for education?
There's also the point that the rich executives at these companies that make computers for school use send their own children to schools which do not use computers for education.
If computers were that critical to education you'd think those same executives would be loading up their children with all the tech they can afford.
> Why are you opposed to using personal computers for education?
They'll have computers at home. And the evidence seems to point in one direction: the more exposure kids have to devices, the more stunted their development tends to be. Add to that the class division, where rich kids are increasingly raised with strictly-policed device exposure, while poor kids' classrooms are littered with iPads and Chrombooks, and I think we can start making blanket statements.
Because objectively it does not improve outcomes. Sweden has recently reversed course based on student outcome data.
Because the evidence is that it doesn't seem to work very well
I don’t think we need math really. They’ll be inundated with math and arithmetic their whole lives. They’ll figure it out. Just keep math out of the classroom altogether.
More montessori-style please.