Comments on HighTouch: The OLPC XO in Peru

Beth, Bud:I hate to be such a pessimist myself. I'...

2007-12-26T13:57:00.000-05:00

Beth, Bud:

I hate to be such a pessimist myself. I'm fully expecting that the most significant impact of the XO will happen outside of the school environment. It'll be what the kids do with them on their own time. Which is still a huge positive. (Isn't that how it mostly works in the U.S. too?)

#4. Teachers will ignore and use it as a paperwe...

2007-12-26T13:04:00.000-05:00

#4. Teachers will ignore and use it as a paperweight and not let students touch it.

Kevin, it would be interesting to hear what you th...

2007-12-26T09:57:00.000-05:00

Kevin, it would be interesting to hear what you think will happen instead of teachers becoming overwhelmed by students. Personally, I think a couple of things will happen:

1. Some teachers will become overwhelmed and attempt to control or quash the use of the XO laptop.

2. Some teachers will view it as an opportunity and a resource. Their classes will become discovery experiences for themselves and their students.

3. Some teachers will ignore it. Students will be left to their own devices.

This set of responses will be unequally disrtibuted. It's unclear which will predominate. Personally, I think 2 is the preferred outcome but would view 3 as a step forward.