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Re:Danish schools will no longer be allowed to use Chromeboo... by cebert on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:17AM (#39287152)
It appears schools are having a difficult enough time learning basic skills like reading, writing, comprehension, and basic math. There’s no reason they need the distraction of laptops in the classroom.
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Re:Danish schools will no longer be allowed to use Chromeboo... by lukan on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:42AM (#39287324)
I struggled with ordinary school math. It was boring and apparently had no value to me - but once I used math in combination with programming, to draw beautiful art or make computer games, path finding algorithms, simple AI - suddenly it was fun. There is just so much potential of advanced learning with the help of computers.

Not to say that everything needs computers, of course not. But banning them seems a not that helpful overkill.

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