mini keyboard to a standard one has to be a lot shorter than the transition
from no keyboard at all to a standard one.
--
keg
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Keith E Gatling - Computer Instructor
Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd
DeWitt, NY 13214
315.446.2452
Blog: wordfromg.blogspot.com
Website www.gatling.us/keith
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM, CWD <CWD50@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi everyone -
>
> I'm wondering if there is some input for a question that comes from my Head
> of School:
>
> "... I had the opportunity to speak to the Tech. Ed. teacher at another
> school....she indicated that their school had purchased "mini" laptops for
> their younger grades and found that when these kids transitioned to standard
> keyboards they had some issues with dexterity / motor skills....basically
> she advised against it.
> Can you reach out to your network to see if this is a common problem? I
> would like to get some input from other sources."
>
> Does anyone care to chime in? Would love to hear what you have
> experienced, what your thoughts are! We are thinking about buying the small
> PCs for grades 1 and 2 but would like some input first on other experience
> with them, specifically the keyboard transition.
>
> Thanks,
> Christina DiMicelli
> Technology Integration Specialist
> Hampstead Academy
> Hampstead, NH
>
> dimicelli@hampsteadacademy.org
>
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