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Thomas Kraus, Thomas Zehe

Thursday, 07.05.2009

Questions on the working with a laptop at school:

1. No, because:

• they are too slow for learning with them in the lesson
• they need too much time for working
• the display is too small
• without a normal mouse it is very annoying
• the pupils can use them for their own interests also in the lesson
• it is not good for the eyes, to look the whole day on a screen
• the electromagnetic pollution of the laptops is very bad for your health

2. In subjects:

• where you have to write essays or other articles (e.g. German)
• where you have to find information in the web (e.g. for a presentation)
• where you need special programs like “GeoGebra”

3.1 Pro: You can learn faster, because…

• you can find the most information very fast
• you can write faster with the keyboard than by hand

3.2 Con: You can´t learn so effectively, because…

• you can get distracted very easily by games, etc.
• not all, that is in the web is right, but you trust it anyway

4. look at answer 3.2

Are 100 Dollar per laptop too expensive?

1. Yes, because...

• in many countries 100 dollar is more than one monthly salary (e.g. in India)
• the price will increase in the next few years
• it is too expensive for the emerging markets
• if the governments don't support the people to finance the laptops, they won't be able to handle the costs

2. No, because it is a "long form factor", that means that you must only pay for it one time, not like for books. If the project runs, it will save a lot of money through the next few years.