Beyond laptops: The real education revolution

Moon, S. (2009). Beyond laptops: The real education revolution. Retrieved October 11, 2010, From http://www.openforum.com.au/content/beyond-laptops-real-education-revolution

In my research on laptops in schools I have been looking at the federal governments roll out of laptops for year 9 students and how each state has gone about this and the success and downfalls of the program. whilst researching I found this interesting article by Sheryle Moon on the failures of the so called educational revolution. Moon criticises the governments obsession withtechnology trinkets such as  laptops. This was a major platform for the Rudd government and to think that a laptop computer in the hands of all our fifteen year olds was the answer for education and training shows just how small thinking our politicians are. Moon calls for a greater emphasis on fostering creative thinking in our students. Moon furthermore says that our employers are looking for communication, collaboration and creativity skills and she admonishes the work of Sir Ken Robinson in education  and agrees that our schools teach students the same way they have been taught for a hundred years and that greater focus needs to be paid to right hemisphere thinking and allowing our children to experiment and think creatively. While I do agree with Moon, I have found some great things are being done with the laptop program. I have read many positive articles about this program and I do believe that this is a major step in our education system to transforming it to the new digital society.  A great article regardless with some valid points.