There's almost a mania with parents to equip their kids with the finest and most expensive technology. If you give the kid the best equipment, they will become the best. However, it's troublesome when a child's energies are focused primarily on the computer itself rather than using the computer as one of a variety of tools. He points to young golfer Tiger Woods as someone who may face a tough future because all of his golf balls are in one basket. It's so circumscribed.
Labs are Outdated.
Interestingly, Kendrick's concern isn't as distant from other technology-education experts as it might seem. The computer lab where students pass through now and then is an outdated model, he says. Instead, teachers need to integrate technology into their everyday curricula. Each student designed a tourist brochure on the country. The students loved it, he said.