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Originally Posted by GratefulCitizen
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Interesting........
A few years back my wife and I purchased a bunch of the original OLPC laptops for developing world kids and picked up 2 for our own.
Neat little tools, that even though they are outdated, still quite useful.
The mesh network capability/functionality on it was a bit ahead of it's time.
Now they've partnered with the likes of WalMart to sell OLPC branded tablets that are even cheaper.
It certainly reinforces one of the 4 megatrends Kilcullen built his book "Out of the Mountains" around.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, I'm quite frustrated with a couple lazy teachers I've seen using technology as a crutch rather than a tool.
I'm strongly of the belief that my kids will be far better off with a mix of teacher led learning combined with self-led best practice learning apps and outdoor hands-on physical activity.
I can see big chunks of teaching slowly becoming quite disintermediated(fewer real teachers and more "learning facilitators"......if that's the case, then the potential for positive education reform as well as negative political/doctrinal/propaganda vulnerability could also increase.