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Never Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers, and the Transformation of Learning Paperback – August 17, 2003

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What we all hope for our children's education is undiminished curiosity and creativeness, and solid practical preparation for adult work. Today, there's no doubt that easy access to computers is vital for students. Bob Johnstone has brilliantly and passionately told the story of the worldwide struggle to make today's equivalent of the pencil accessible to all students.-Victor K. McElheny, author of "Watson and DNA"If every kid had a laptop computer, what would difference would it make to their learning? And to their prospects? Today, these are questions that all parents, teachers, school administrators, and politicians must ask themselves.Bob Johnstone provides a definitive answer to the conundrum of computers in the classroom. His conclusion: we owe it to our kids to educate them in the medium of their time.In this book he tells the extraordinary story of the world's first laptop school. How daring educators at an independent girls' school in Melbourne, Australia, empowered their students by making laptops mandatory. And how they solved all the obstacles to laptop learning, including teacher training. Their example spread to thousands of other schools worldwide. Especially in America, where it inspired the largest educational technology initiative in US history-the State of Maine issuing laptops to every seventh-grader in its public school system.This lively, intriguing, anecdote-rich account is based on hundreds of interviews. In it, you'll meet the visionary leaders, inspirational principals, heroic teachers, and their endlessly-surprising students who showed what computers in the classroom are really for.

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August 17, 2003
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ iUniverse, Inc. (August 17, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 360 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0595288421
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0595288427
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches

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Books by Bob Johnstone include L.E.D.: A History of the Future of Lighting; Switching to Solar; and Brilliant!: Shuji Nakamura and the Revolution in Lighting Technology. Now based in London Johnstone was Japan correspondent for New Scientist, technology editor for Far Eastern Economic Review and contributing editor for Wired.

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Nearly a decade and a half on there is much to learn from this book.

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As we still consider whether digital technologies have a role in schools, and if so what role, it is salient to visit the recent history of the hope, dreams, aspirations and failings of the pioneers in educational technology thinking and proposals; many of which floundered, but in doing so pointed to the limitations of formal education that we all still are inhibited by. This is a book that can help highlight possibilities and inadequacies, and in doing so support those still advocating a better learning world through considered use of digital technologies.

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Must read for educators frustrated with computers in the classroom.

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Really well written history of laptops in education. you get a feel for what the people involved with their introduction were trying to achieve and why it was so revolutionary. Must read for educators frustrated with computers in the classroom.

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Same challenges over the last 20 years

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This is a great book for anyone interested in the implementation of BYOD in schools. I was most impressed with the first part of the book that outlined the history of computers in education. A must-read to gain the necessary perspective for moving forward today.

The most striking thing to me was the recurrent issues of adoption and implementation that have occurred over the last 20 years (and continue to occur today). Let's get with the computer revolution! Now!

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Fred Bartels

Must read for those interested in 1 to 1 laptop programs

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Bob Johnstone's Never Mind the Laptops is a wonderful new resource for the K-12 education community. All those concerned with using computers to enhance learning and teaching are likely to find this book both interesting and useful. I felt like I was reading a personal history of the ideas that have been at the forefront of my thinking about computers in education over the last twenty years. Johnstone tells many behind-the-scenes stories which help flesh out the picture of many significant events in educational computing. Two examples, Johnstone provides lots of good background information on Logo's development and on Microsoft's efforts to promote one-to-one computing.
Perhaps the most valuable part of the book is Johnstone's close examination of the Australian schools which pioneered one-to-one student laptop programs, especially Methodist Ladies' College. The story of these Melbourne schools has never been well told before and Johnstone gives their fascinating tale the time and effort it so richly deserves.
In relating the history of computers in education Johnstone never loses sight of the central goal of improving student learning. His is a book not so much about technology as it is about learning and the ideas and practices that have developed to apply increasingly powerful computer technology to make schools more humane and effective learning environments.
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A Must Read For Today's Educators

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2003

This is the tale of the transformation of learning with technology, rich with philosophical and pedagogical history, and the teachers who made it happen and continue to help students make things happen with technology. A must read for any educator seriously interested in using technology in a learning context, or responsible for realizing the elusive answer of how to maximize the benefits of technology integration in schools, districts and states.
Anthony Magana
Washington State Milken Educator
Developer of Washington's First CyberSchool

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