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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 16:31:37 -0500
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- From: MARK NELSON <NELSONM2@HUGSE1.BITNET>
- Subject: RE: A tale of 2 computer lab
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- In response to Peter Lau:
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- It should not be a case of Macs OR PCs in schools, both should be present for
- student and faculty use. As Turkle & Papert point out in their 1991 paper
- EPISTEMOLGICAL PLURALISM... when people argue for one onterface style over anoth
- er what they are actually defending is their own cognitive style. Schools
- should not be in the business of elevating one style over another, or forcing
- conformity to one style of interacting with technology. A school that is
- devoted to developing each student to their full potential should have on
- hand the resources to accomplish that goal. If that means mixing Macs and
- PCs in the same place, so be it.
-
- We must avoid the mistaken notion that what ever machine we choose to use is
- appropriate for all students (or adults), for it is not. I have witnessed
- too many times a potential user turn away from computers because the
- style of the interface clashed with their learning style.
-
- Mark Nelson *
- Thayer Academy Middle School * "Technophobia is far more dangerous
- 745 Washington Street * than technology" - Woody Flowers
- Braintree, MA. 02184 *
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