Comments on: Teachermate PC - Part Two http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/ Education and Technology by Steve Dembo Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:45:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bob Myers http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-111068 Bob Myers Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:45:51 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-111068 Steve, Good work. Yours is the only post I've seen about this thingie that shows any thought or research deeper than the press release. I've got to admit I'm _real_ skeptical about this thing though. 1) if they've been developing and making this wonderful sw for 15 years where is it? 2) as you say, the website is truly awful. It certainly doesn't give me confidence as to a real org behind it. 3) How are teachers going to control rather fragile devices that are about the size of a pack of cards with your typical urban k-2s? 4) 'Teachermate'? shows how kid-centric the idea is. 5) Closed, real closed. 6) what can the kids see on the screen? Third grade (they say that for next year) reading curriculum on a 2.5", no rez specified screen? I could go on, but time and patience have their limits. Steve,

Good work. Yours is the only post I’ve seen about this thingie that shows any thought or research deeper than the press release.

I’ve got to admit I’m _real_ skeptical about this thing though.

1) if they’ve been developing and making this wonderful sw for 15 years where is it?

2) as you say, the website is truly awful. It certainly doesn’t give me confidence as to a real org behind it.

3) How are teachers going to control rather fragile devices that are about the size of a pack of cards with your typical urban k-2s?

4) ‘Teachermate’? shows how kid-centric the idea is.

5) Closed, real closed.

6) what can the kids see on the screen? Third grade (they say that for next year) reading curriculum on a 2.5″, no rez specified screen?

I could go on, but time and patience have their limits.

]]> By: Teachermate: $50 PC? Hardly - Teach42 http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-110693 Teachermate: $50 PC? Hardly - Teach42 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:49:24 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-110693 [...] discussing the Teachermate with its creator and doing a hands on demonstration, I have posted a follow up to this post. Please be sure to read that as [...] […] discussing the Teachermate with its creator and doing a hands on demonstration, I have posted a follow up to this post. Please be sure to read that as […]

]]> By: Kyle Brumbaugh http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-110361 Kyle Brumbaugh Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.teach42.com/2008/03/20/teachermate-pc-part-two/#comment-110361 Steve: What do you think of the Eee PC from ASUS? $400 for 1GB of RAM and 8GB Flash storage. Three USB 2.0 ports, built in WiFi, internal web cam and speakers and 7" diagonal screen. It runs a version of Linux, but I have also seen people that have taken them and loaded a stripped down version of WinXP on them. Been looking at having a small portable lab set up with them to do PD or trainings with a class. For $5,000 I could have a lab of 12 computers. KB Steve:

What do you think of the Eee PC from ASUS? $400 for 1GB of RAM and 8GB Flash storage. Three USB 2.0 ports, built in WiFi, internal web cam and speakers and 7″ diagonal screen. It runs a version of Linux, but I have also seen people that have taken them and loaded a stripped down version of WinXP on them. Been looking at having a small portable lab set up with them to do PD or trainings with a class. For $5,000 I could have a lab of 12 computers.

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