Palms In School. Good Or Bad?
from the depends-on-how-you-use-them dept
Schools around the US are disagreeing over the role of PDAs in classrooms. Some schools are banning Palms, saying that kids will just use them to cheat or to play games (or worse that they'll get stolen). Other schools are encouraging them, or even handing them out to students as a tool to help them learn. What it comes down to (in my mind) is simply how they're used. If they're not used well, then it's a waste. However, they can certainly be helpful learning aids for plenty of students. Just like any technology, the technology itself is neither good nor bad.
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