What do you think of Bill Gate's "next bold move"?

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Monday 24 September 2007 18:39:21 Vadim Peretokin wrote:
> I hate to be the critic, but why the 'easily available in the internet'?
>
> On 9/24/07, Joel Bryan Juliano <joelbryan.juliano at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/25/07, Joel Bryan Juliano <joelbryan.juliano at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/24/07, Kevin Cole <kjcole at ubuntu.com > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday's (Sunday, 2007.09.23) Washington Post Parade magazine --
> > > > or as I like to call it the "What the 10 Worst Dictators Eat and
> > > > Earn" magazine, which if you've read it you'll understand ;-) wants
> > > > to know what readers think of their article "Can Bill Gates Fix Our
> > > > Failing Schools" ([In the News] p.23)
> > > >
> > > > The last paragraph reads:
> > > > > Do you agree with Bill Gates and his solutions
> > > > > -- or do you have your own?  Tell us at parade.com
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Parade is actually syndicated in several newspapers across the
> > > >      country.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Kevin Cole                    |  Key ID: 0xE6F332C7
> > > > Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Team     |     WWW: http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/
> > > >
> > > >            ". ! 1 |" -- Rene Magritte's computer
> > >
> > > I think the world needs is cheaper hardware, and open source to provide
> > > their software, if all that happens,
> > > then kids can have their own tablet PC's, where they can have access to
> > > open education providers like ccLearn
> > > inside and outside the classroom.
> >
> > I also think that all information inside the classroom should be shared
> > and are easily available for use by other students and educators, where
> > each students should easily participate in open education providers,
> > where they can easily share their knowledge through their comments,
> > opinions that are easily available in the internet to see.
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Wouldn't they need to be able to read before they use internet?  I guess I 
wonder why so many people think easy access to computers and the internet 
will help w/ education when there are people who struggle to read even close 
to the level of education they are at.  BillG is advocating teaching 
phonetics as a way to help w/ the literacy problem instead of providing cheap 
technology when literacy is a bigger issue (IMHO)

Jonathan