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Stephen Downes

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Naturally people are sceptical, but I think this initiative that gives kindergarten students the opportunity to use Palm Pilots in their studies is a good one. For one thing, it's a lot cheaper than buying them computers. They can use them outdoors. It gets them ready for when they're older and Palms (or their equivalent) will be in everyday use. And even if, as one critic suggested, they are only using them to set up play dates with their friends, well, I use Outlook for the same thing today as part of my job (well, OK, we don't call them play dates, but my work is so much fun they may as well be).

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