The elementary schools received 11 small white miniature computers from the Ministry of Education.
They have games and puzzles on them as well as an encyclopedia, paint, and a chat program.
They have Bluetooth, which allows for file transferring between the tiny machines.
It has its own operating system distinct from windows, mac, or any other operating system out there.
They didn’t come with directions.
Today I was asked to come meet with the teachers to help figure out how to make the machines work in the way that the teachers imagined they could work in their classrooms.
Do you see the problem in the sentence above? These computers, nor their programs, were designed with any knowledge of the teachers or students here. And, having no computer knowledge, these loving teachers have absolutely no idea how to implement them in the classroom, but they have funny ideas from word of mouth and movies on what computers can be. These computers came not only lacking training sessions on how they are applicable in the classroom, but a general instruction manual on how the processing system works as well.
In all likelihood these expensive but tiny systems will be exciting for a few weeks and then sit on a shelf for the rest of their existence.
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