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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (245982)	3/1/2014 10:21:41 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 542134

Our district has gone to chromebooks. Not perfect, but better than nothing- and we can do a lot with the google drive. I like it because I can edit papers while students are writing- and they can see me editing. And I can share files with the students- so if I write an example for them, or a first paragraph for them to build on, it's right there. On top of that we can search everything we are curious about. My kids have been using their smart phones for a few years now to do that- but it's nice when everyone can search. So if something comes up- whether it's a disease, or a flower, or a historical allusion - we look it up. We learn so much more that way. It's a powerful, profound and interesting way to learn. Though my husband says it is personality dependent- and he doesn't think people who aren't natively curious, charismatic and comfortable with change, could do it. I don't know about that. I'd say it's worth a try.

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (245982)	3/1/2014 12:57:14 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542134

As a software engineer, I spent my career working for companies that created educational software, implementing designs created by instructional designers, that usually ran under learning management systems that tracked each student's progress. I'm sure software I created has been used by 10's of thousands of students across the US. The companies faced large challenges. They had to sell software and hardware (computer labs) to school districts already strapped for cash across the US. Most educators and administrators begin being somewhat technophobic. Teachers and teacher's unions saw the products I created as threatening to their jobs. All the companies, most startups, failed and their products were acquired by the last game going in the field, Plato Learning Systems. en.wikipedia.org Schools have very limited budgets, and when they buy expensive stuff, it has to last for years. High technology like computers are often obsolete and worth practically nothing in just a few years. I'm wondering how the schools that bought these feel now: These are some of the educational games I helped develop that run on the Sony Playstation: ebay.com