team3

Thursday , 07 May 2009

1. Would you like to have a laptop for yourself in class and at home? Say why (not)!

I would like to have a laptop myself in class and at home because it's easier to write and arrange important texts for school. Also one laptop is lighter than 4 books and 5 exercise books.

2. What do you think would be the best way to use it at/for school? Think of different subjects!

I think it's profitable to use for essays in German or English. It also can be used in scientific subjects like chemistry, maths or physics to look up experiments or tables.

3. Do you think a laptop can help you to learn better / more effectively / faster ...? How would this work?

I think there's no difference between learning with laptops or without. In some case it's even better for the health not to sit in front of your laptop because it's bad for your eyes.

4. What disadvantages/problems do you see in working with your personal laptop at and for school?

A great problem could be the high electricity bill for the school and the pupils could do other things like internet games or something like that. Also the teachers must be trained in using laptops and solving technical problems.

Tuesday , 12 May 2009

Problems:

• The laptops are too expensive for poor countries because $100 are the monthly salary by a teacher in Russia and two to three in India.

• There are also costs for internet-connections e.g. in Africa one month costs $200.

• Many of the laptops cost more than $100.

• The prices will grow higher and higher from time to time.

• The people need support from the government because they are too poor to buy the laptops themselves.

Tuesday , 19 May 2009

Pro

• creates education opportunities.

• helps to learn, to explore, to create a better future.

• communication with others.

• focus on early education.

• no one gets left out.

• use it for essays (easier to read than handwritings of some pupils) and other homework.

• graphs can be drawn very easily ==> easier to imagine their look as just with a few points.

• searching the internet is faster and easier than looking up in books and libraries.
• People are able to learn the use of the Pc early
• Current News are directly available
• Gives pupil equal opportunities
• very handy
• light
• very cheap
• creates education opportunities.
• helps to learn, to explore, to create a better future.
• communication with others.
• focus on early education.
• no one gets left out.
• use it for essays (easier to read than handwritings of some pupils) and other homework.
• graphs can be drawn very easily ==> easier to imagine their look as just with a few points.
• searching the internet is faster and easier than looking up in books and libraries.
• but only if I won't have to carry all my books with me any more
• at last my own computer!!
• unlimited access to the internet
• I can get information more easily from the internet also at school!
• you can easily correct writing mistakes and thus achieve a cleaner look of your workbook

Contra

• There are also costs for internet-connections e.g. in Africa one month costs $200.

• Many of the laptops cost more than $100.

• The prices will grow higher and higher from time to time.

• The people need support from the government because they are too poor to buy the laptops themselves.

• A great problem could be the high electricity bill for the school and the pupils could do other things like internet games or something like that. Also the teachers must be trained in using laptops and solving technical problems.

• pupils use it to exchange answers in tests
• pupils download pornography
• hack into local business or school administration
• found way around network-security and put how-to into the web
• pc´s break down
• servers break down very often
• pupils don´t ask teachers for help, try to help themselves by using the internet ==> breaking down of system/server/etc due to overload
• PC isn´t helpful in educating students (no effects on test scores)
• don´t fit into lesson plans
• logistical, technical problems (e.g. should every pupil get a laptop or just those who come from deprived families?)
• teachers have to know how to use laptops ==> have to be trained ==> costs for seminars
• most of the pupils never used their laptop for learning
• The corporate feeling gets lost ???? Explain - why?
• Distraction because of the internet
• Computer-rooms are already there
• Loss of the traditional handwriting
• Loss of comunication between the pupils
• too small
• too slow
• the keyboard is much too small
• the touchpad is too insensibal
• for German standards too bad
• the display is too small
• the battery is too weak
• There are also costs for internet-connections e.g. in Africa one month costs $200.
• Many of the laptops cost more than $100.
• The prices will grow higher and higher from time to time.
• The people need support from the government because they are too poor to buy the laptops themselves.
• A great problem could be the high electricity bill for the school and the pupils could do other things like internet games or something like that. Also the teachers must be trained in using laptops and solving technical problems.
• too slow (concerning this laptop we're testing)
• keyboard is much too small and it takes a lot of time to get used to it
• battery is weak
• touchpad is circuitous

Critizism:

• only one screensaver
• little keypad
• no scrollingwheel for the side
• SLOW
• low quality screensavers

Teammates : Tobias Rambacher, Pascal Weinberger