This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
In sixth grade we got to go use the computer in the teacher's lounge to print out a topic from encarta. At secondary school we had to sign a set of rules for using the computer lab. At uni we had a proper user agreement with the IT department. Mostly because we had multiuser systems, e-mail and webhosting at our disposal.
My kid is still a few years from starting school. I'm hesitant to sign any Google EULA on her behalf.
Right tool for the job. Teach the kids how to use technology to their advantage and when not to go for a laptop.
That said pen and paper is a relatively recent invention too.
There will be parents that give a shit about how their kids learn to learn, and there will be others that dgaf, or at least bot enough of one, to keep their kids from just mashing the easy button and using “cheats” like AI. Unfortunately plenty of the latter will get management positions.
If I was given a laptop in middle school or elementary school, I'd have gotten absolutely nothing done. We dicked around with the computers when we could use them once a week or so, let alone daily.
This would have made our lives so much better.
