Schools across the U.S. are starting to rethink the abundance of digital devices in classrooms. After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, a growing number of schools say it is time to scale back.
The problem is they can’t control Chromebooks. Give them a Linux laptop with a purposeful distro that doesn’t allow them to play Minecraft. Boom, problem solved.
Chromebooks are basically designed to be easy to lock down and be remotely administrator controlled. It seems like schools in this article just… aren’t doing that for some reason? Maybe they just don’t have the time or technical knowledge.
The problem is they can’t control Chromebooks. Give them a Linux laptop with a purposeful distro that doesn’t allow them to play Minecraft. Boom, problem solved.
Chromebooks are basically designed to be easy to lock down and be remotely administrator controlled. It seems like schools in this article just… aren’t doing that for some reason? Maybe they just don’t have the time or technical knowledge.
The problem is there is no compelling data that these devices are superior for learning. They are distractions and expense with no proven benefit.
There’s some benefit… my daughter was assigned a Window 11 Lenovo the last two tears and now hates Microsoft AND Windows.
Her personal laptop runs linux.
In my son’s fifth grade class last year, it was fucking Cookie Clicker. 🙄
Why would the fuck Cookie Clicker? They hot?
He ain’t a bad looking dude tbh