Educational Software Rant
OK, here we are in 2006, and things still haven't improved a bit. The rest of the rant still holds. Seriously, if you send me an app and it needs Win98-style filesystem permissions (IE: none), I'm sending it back with a "don't buy" recommendation to management. Enough is enough.
With the recent trend toward educational standards initiatives such as NCLB (The Federal No Child Left Behind Act), and similar legislation in many states and local jurisdictions, public school districts are faced with an increasing demand for data collection, storage, and management. At the same time, the potential benefit of a technology-based curriculum is becoming both more apparent and with the explosion of personal computing in the last decade, much more accessible. The opportunity is here, the need is here, and a carefully balanced approach to using technology in the classroom is what schoolchildren deserve.
