On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Judy Perry wrote: > And, yupp, iPads are the shiny new toys... that will suck budgetary funds out > of nurses and teacher's aids and lunches for nothing (remember when having > laptops in the classroom was the new shiny toy that accomplished what > exactly??? and before that having a desktop computer in the classroom?).
I've seen very good work done with first graders, high school kids, and autistic kids in our district. The iPad is a fantastic tool with great potential if you know what to do with it. My wife teaches 2nd grade and whenever she brings the iPads in, the students love them. A good teacher can translate that enthusiasm into learning. A bad teacher will let the kids "play" on the technology and grade papers. Too often technology gets blamed for bad teaching. I agree that LiveCode presents a fantastic opportunity for students and I've never heard of a classroom actually using it. I taught 5th grade a loooong time ago, and I had my kids programming in HyperCard. A few of those kids are now working in computer science. That makes me feel pretty awesome. Course they were using a Desktop Computer in my classroom, which you just bashed. :) Richard MacLemale _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
