Middle School teachers have been sharing lessons learned from the pilot program with the Upper School teachers to help avoid some of the rough spots experienced in the pilot. Their curious minds. Laptops are quick. Minds are contemplative. Laptops can produce vast amounts of information.
Minds can discriminate between the useless and the valuable.
Laptops are new and subject to quick obsolescence. Minds are ancient, ageless, and infinitely agile. I am a volunteer literacy tutor at Fall City Elementary School. My two tutees most likely could be helped by some new, improved, reading program available for the school's desktops. But nothing, except the love and attention of their parents and the dedication of their teacher, can replace me and the time we spend reading together.