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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure that I understand the objection.  I suppose that we could argue that buying Chromebooks at the elementary level isn't the best use of limited school-district resources, but children do need to learn how to be computer-literate.  Researching stuff on the Internet is at least as important as learning how to use library resources.  [b]I know that people my age (late 40s) spent significant time in library class in elementary school, learning how to find information.  These basic skills served me well thorugh my secondary and college education.  This is still necessary for children today, but they also need to know how to use online search functionality, how to evaluate the quality of a given source, and how to prepare a bibliography including Internet sources.[/b]

If your kids are playing games all day, then the teacher has a classroom-management problem.  This isn't a problem with the technology.[/quote]

So you managed to develop computer skills, online research skills, online literacy etc WITHOUT being issued a personal chromebook in elementary?  In other words, it is completely unnecessary. I hate the argument that kids NEED them in order to develop computer skills.[/quote]

And people managed to get places by horse and buggy. Your point? 🙄[/quote]

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