talk to our friends all the time in person and on the phone, but we also
write to them. Each has their place, and it's awfully hard to edit when
you're speaking. Saying "Computer: go back three words and change x to y"
seems so much more cumbersome to me than just putting the mouse where I want
it to be and doing it by hand.
I'm betting that keyboarding will still be around by the time I retire in 12
years.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Norman Maynard <
nmaynard@thorntonfriends.org> wrote:
> "If I were a betting person, I would wager that within the next few years
> there will be no need for students to make a transition from a mini
> keyboard
> to a standard one, i.e., from a netbook to a laptop, because" . . . all
> computers will have input devices that make input via one letter at a time
> obsolete. As in, we'll all be talking to one another, the way we used to,
> only it will be by voice /video via our very small computers.
>
> : )
>
> But maybe instead of being a bettor I am just an optimist? Or simply
> hopeful?
>
>
> In peace,
> *Norman Maynard*
> Interim Head of School
> *Thornton Friends School* <http://www.thorntonfriends.org/>
> Silver Spring, MD 20904
> 301.384.6672
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Ross Lenet <lenet@patriot.net> wrote:
>
> > If I were a betting person, I would wager that within the next few years
> > there will be no need for students to make a transition from a mini
> keyboard
> > to a standard one, i.e., from a netbook to a laptop, because netbooks
> will
> > have replaced laptops in schools that have adopted or are thinking about
> > adopting laptops.
> >
> > I say this because I see netbooks as solving what I still regard as one
> of
> > the peskiest issues with traditional laptops: their relatively hefty size
> > and weight. If the trend in netbooks continues, their weight will
> eventually
> > be measured in ounces rather than pounds. This will be huge. This could
> > finally allow all students to carry the thing comfortably and be able to
> put
> > it in a locker comfortably. I see this as huge. There are already
> netbooks
> > out there that fit in a large pocket and weigh barely more than a pound.
> >
> > Yes, the ever-shrinking keyboard will not be ideal, but I suspect that
> > students will have larger computers at home and the tradeoff of size for
> > extreme portability will be too hard to resist. What I don't know is
> whether
> > netbooks will be just another stop on the road to even smaller devices
> that
> > students will routinely use.
> >
> > But as David said, everyone adapts.
> >
> > Ross Lenet
> > Sidwell Friends School
> >
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> Interim Head of School
> *Thornton Friends School* <http://www.thorntonfriends.org/>
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