tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post8464067793917171718..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: fresh turns to staleBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-58733566090039276132008-02-05T19:56:00.000+10:302008-02-05T19:56:00.000+10:30Gordini is wrong on countless levels:1) A lot more...Gordini is wrong on countless levels:<BR/><BR/>1) A lot more technical support is required if your metaphor for computing use if network-centric. There are a zillion viable models demonstrated to show how little tech-support expense there may be if students are used in technical support (http://genyes.com/programs/gentech) and if reliable machines are purchased by competent vendors with high expectations. Computelec Australia has led the world in this regard for nearly 20 years. (www.computelec.com)<BR/><BR/>2) Laptops do not require elaborate networking at school. There is plenty of constructive work possible on a laptop, with or without school Internet access.<BR/><BR/>3) We are on the verge of network access being ubiquitous whether school provides its typically crippled and overpriced access or not.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005284607047954745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-3804177314857291022008-02-05T19:52:00.000+10:302008-02-05T19:52:00.000+10:30Bill,You are so correct. It seems as if Rudd is st...Bill,<BR/><BR/>You are so correct. It seems as if Rudd is studying the moronic deployment of computers in American schools rather than the pioneering work of Aussies.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005284607047954745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-35711564158672884602008-02-05T15:00:00.000+10:302008-02-05T15:00:00.000+10:30Does the funding also include a component of techn...Does the funding also include a component of technical support? If every yr9 student in my school was given a laptop - approximately 300 students.. that amounts to a considerable amount of technical support. Also, laptops are useless without a wireless network... does the grant also include purchase, installation and maintenance of a WAN ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-64736991170648897382008-02-05T14:22:00.000+10:302008-02-05T14:22:00.000+10:30$900M is a lot of money. There are about 2M studen...$900M is a lot of money. There are about 2M students in school, to give every student, K-12 a OLPC laptop would cost only $300M. Better make that $150M for every primary school student in Australia. That leaves $750M to spend on teacher PD etc.<BR/><BR/>Disappointing backslip by the govt. but I suppose they are only as good as the advice they are getting. And where is that coming from?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03384288304778972289noreply@blogger.com