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...parents would be an understatement. Would the kids use the technology to cheat? Would they become cyborg Stepford children? Would they, Brooklyn being Brooklyn, get mugged for their laptops after class? "I was worried about how it was going to affect their focus in the classroom," remembers Rebecca Boucher, who has four kids at Packer. "Their interaction, their basic eye-to-eye contact, even. Was it going to become an isolating experience? I was very unclear how it was going to work." The teachers were the ones who would have to answer that question, and they didn't know either...
...from one group to the next." What the Packer population was learning was that once computers are connected, they aren't just how we get information; they're how we communicate and relate to one another too. "It was quiet at the very beginning, when it was so new," Boucher remembers. "You'd see all these kids in the hallways with their computers open, and you'd be like, Wow, is this how it's always going...
...Rebecca Boucher, she overcame any ambivalence she might have had. Parents also have access to Packer's system, so she can keep track of what her kids should be doing for homework without having to peer obnoxiously over their shoulders. More important, one of her children, who's now in sixth grade, is severely dyslexic. It takes him an hour to write a paragraph by hand--but he's a demon typist. "It was as if he was playing on a level field for the first time," she says, and her relief is heartfelt. "For him, having that laptop...
...Boucher and Kassissieh added that although the U.S. government does not recognize a Palestinian nation, it has included the flag at various diplomatic events...
...there is a strong request from a particular body of students, I think we could show the same level of flexibility,” Boucher said...