When I student taught for the 5th/6th graders, the school began a new program, that had each child rent a laptop for the year.
The parents pay one hundred dollars and the student gets a laptop and gets to use it for the rest of the year. It's a one time fee, so if the students pay the money in first grade, the student gets to use it until sixth grade.
I thought this was a good idea, but not necessary for primary grades. Why does a first grader need to get attached to a computer so early?
Anyway, one day, the teacher said the students can have a five minute break to talk to each other and move around.
Instead of actually going to each other and talking, they all get their laptops out, and chat on IChat, which is very similar to aim.
It was ridiculous and sad to see.
Sometimes it's hard to see the negatives in technology, but at that moment, I wished technology wasn't so advanced.
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