Does Technology Hurt?

[Beckster]

I am not a fan of letting kids use computers/tablets to take notes.

You know they are just going to be playing games and emailing and on facebook.

I think the computers should be closed in class and notes belong in a notebook.

I can put a system in place that can lock down computers and tablets that won't let them do anything except take notes. The system I'm setting up for the district in Maryland won't let them install anything on their laptops. All software is installed from a central server that pushes the software to the students based on what classes they have. Internet browsing it locked down to the websites the school wants them to go to.

There's also a system that locks down iPads. It prevents from installing unwanted apps. It installs it's own app store that the students can choose pre-selected apps from.

I should set a system up in this house like that!!!