PDAs in the Classroom

Posted on February 20, 2006
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I saw this article a few days ago, and thought I’d share… Basically, the article discusses a Kansas City-area middle school that is experimenting with PDAs - as in, 600 PDAs (the school district spent about $180,000). 

Their goal? To prepare their students for the 21st century! The article actually says this: “Many educators think that preparing students for the 21st century goes beyond reading, writing, and arithmetic - students must be technologically literate.”

How cool is that? A public school actually teaching kids skills that they’ll need TOMORROW - rather than skills they’d need today, or yesterday. I applaud them!

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2 Responses to “PDAs in the Classroom”

  1. waltc on February 20th, 2006 3:20 pm

    $3,000 per PDA? They’re preparing the kids to be defense contractors? (Sorry, but I couldn’t resist: Those are some expensive PDAs!)

  2. waltc on February 20th, 2006 3:22 pm

    Aggh… I shouldn’t comment on President’s Day. Sorry. $300 per PDA is perfectly reasonable, and it is an interesting idea in education.

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