OLDaily - BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century?

Stephen Downes discute la afirmación de que hacer que los estudiantes traigan sus propios dispositivos, en vez de proporcionarles ordenadores en las escuelas, sea "la peor idea del siglo XXI".

I think he misunderstands the nature of personal devices - first of all, and most importantly, that they are personal, and secondly, that a pocket-sized device sold for the price of a single textbook carries more computing power than the average school-supplied computer purchased five years ago.