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To: epicure who wrote (245983)	3/1/2014 10:31:59 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542138

So you agree more or less with Chromebook's assessment of their use in school? google.com Any idea of how wide spread their use is in California school districts? And do you know if your district intends to stay with the Chrome book program? Can the kids take the chromebook home with them?

To: epicure who wrote (245983)	3/1/2014 11:06:16 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542138

My granddaughter's school in Mooresville, NC was visited by Obama last year, because of their advanced computer program. Based on her experience it seems to be working well. She's now an 8th grader, has had MacBooks since 5th grade. The MacBooks are strictly limited in how they can be used, but she does take hers home and does most of her homework on it. Anyway she's on track for the GT program, studying at roughly 11th grade level now. Of course she's a very bright young lady. All of this according to her Grandpa =Me. nytimes.com tech.fortune.cnn.com Needless to say the program has its controversies, as one would expect with innovation, but I am impressed so far.

To: epicure who wrote (245983)	3/1/2014 11:36:14 AM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 542138

Access to the internet undoubtedly the most profound paradigm shift of our generation.. ...and it doesn't matter if there are some who don't plug in Because there is such a substantial amount of the total accumulated wisdom of mankind, instantly available through ubiquitous computing, progress in all areas will be reduced simply to ability to frame the right questions..