students engaged in off-task activities on their computers nearly two-thirds of the time.
So it sounds like the problem isn’t the computers, it’s kids using the computers to fuck off and being distracted.
Do these not come with any sort of parental controls?
homes@piefed.world 7 hours ago
I don’t think it’s as black-and-white as it’s being presented. I think it comes down to how the laptops and tablets were used, not that they were used. Devices should be used in combination with textbooks. It’s just that the methodology was trash. Teachers relied on these devices entirely.
I grew up using computers and combination with textbooks in the 90s, and I did very well in school. And I did very well in college after. But my teachers and professors knew how to use these tools together.
femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 hours ago
Yeah, I would have loved to have one notebook/laptop instead of 6 heavy books and have to waste time going to my locker to change them out so I didn’t carry all of them at once. Also would be easier to take notes
homes@piefed.world 6 hours ago
first of all, everyone needing their own, individual copies of a textbook was bullshit pushed by the textbook publishers to make sales. They could just be in the classrooms and shared between classes and replaced as necessary.
second, taking notes on a laptop/tablet would have been awesome, too. and being able to use the internet for research while in high school? also would have been great, and was in college– although… the internet back then was also a much more straightforward academic resource and not the toilet it is today, along with instructors who actually gave me pretty good advice on how to use it. Nowadays, there would need to be an entire class on how to use the Internet for research purposes while steering clear of the turdbergs of mis/disinformation out there.