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speirs.org - 11/2/2008
Fraser Speirs – Apple Retail Store Field Trip
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John Gruber recently condemned Apple’s new Retail Store Field Trip program in brief but strong terms: I think it’s downright sickening that any school would consider a trip to a retail store as a legitimate field trip. Consumer advertising has no place in education. The fact that the U.S. public ...
daringfireball.net - 11/2/2008
Daring Fireball Linked List: Apple Retail Store 'Field Trip' Program
— daringfireball.net — Apple Retail Store ‘Field Trip’ Program I think it’s downright sickening that any school would consider a trip to a retail store as a legitimate field trip. Consumer advertising has no place in education. The fact that the U.S. public education system ... (more) Daring Fireball Linked List: Apple Retail Store 'Field ...
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Apple Eclectic:  Is the Apple Store Really the Right Place for a School Field Trip?

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Is the Apple Store Really the Right Place for a School Field Trip?
Apple Eclectic — ... They typically involve using Apple’s iLife or iWork productivity tools to produce a project of some kind. In the case of Speirs’ trip this was a podcast. While this is fine for primary school children, where learning typically involves this kind of unfocused discovery, you have to question what secondary age pupils stand to gain from the experience. But maybe I’m just bitter because all we had in my day was Shape Shooter on the Beeb. Fraser Speirs’ Blog Apple Store Field Trips Shopping ...

Apple Store Field Trips Combine Marketing & Education
Cult of Mac — ... Over the weekend, however, Fraser Spiers, a teacher in the UK, posted an account of the field trip his class took to an Apple Store across the pond that makes Gruber’s dismissal seem mean and wrong. ...

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