Re: [NTLK] alphasmart

From: John Hawksworth-Lutzow (johnhl_at_charter.net)
Date: Sat Jul 05 2003 - 13:08:11 PDT


Yeah the Alphasmarts are definitely ugly, clunky little things.
However, I taught junior high English in California for ten years, and
during some of the really horrible education budget years, they were
pretty much all we could afford.

I had a pretty nice writer's workshop going with 10 Alphasmarts,
1LCIII, and a laserprinter. Sure, there was a waiting list to edit and
print, but using an Alphasmart was a huge motivator in the days when
about 2 of my 35 students had a computer at home. And the batteries
lasted forever.

Fortunately, eBay came along, and I soon had a "beautiful" network of
10 various Mac II models all AppleTalked together. Oh, those were the
days!

John

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