Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Would you send your child to school with a laptop from home?

I found out recently that my local school district now allows students to bring their own laptops from home. I think that this is GREAT (even while simultaneously understanding the digital divide issues that accompany this policy).

Imagine that your local district allows the same. Would you send your children to school with a laptop/netbook? If so, would your children take one (or would they be too worried about standing out because other students weren’t also bringing computers to school)? This latter question’s of particular interest to me since my tech-savvy daughter starts middle school next year…

Thoughts?

Photo credit:Netbook Skin using Wordle.net (Lenovo S10) [cool use of adhesive photo paper!]

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