The Desk Every Modern School Should Have

[angryfingertips]

Wired keyboard + wired mouse= FAIL

 

[nekatreven]

[citation][nom]angryfingertips[/nom]Wired keyboard + wired mouse= FAIL[/citation]

No, friend. STOLEN keyboards and mice would = fail. You need wired here.

 

[Pei-chen]

Push a button, and out pops the LCD screen—and presumably the mouse and keyboard.

Did you even bother to read your own article?

Tell me, that's that keyboard and mouse looking thingies in the 2nd picture?

If you are going to copy and paste (read: plagiarize), at least read the original first so you don’t sound like an idiot. (Reminds me of the idiots that copied other student’s name on their test)

 

[socalboomer]

We looked at the KI desk for our new building and dismissed it as too complex and too noisy. It's a motorized system and you hear the gears and motor as the screen raises up. In addition, the screen sits pretty high so students can EASILY hide behind them.

On the other hand, a system like Smartdesks's flip-it (http://www.smartdesks.com/flipit-kit.asp) is retrofit-able, simple (we're going without the keyboard tray - kbd/mouse fits in the monitor compartment) just relies on a simple hinge, silent, and gives all the flexibility of the KI system, without the noise, complexity, and view-blockage . . . and you can fit it to just about ANY desk as long as it's at least 24" deep. . .

 

[Simple11]

I see kids thrashing these and the desks not lasting 2 years without replacement...unless the Germans make it...then 4 years.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Very sexy. =) But I have the feeling that students will do the same to them as any other desk. destroy it.

 

[deadly4u]

Good for a classy business look. Bad for an educational system.

All that money could really be spent on actual EDUCATION.

 

[nebun]

what happened with the idea of using a paper and pen?

 

[joytech22]

Dammit! i made a similar design! and this one kicks it's ass..
*Frowny face*

 

[megafreak]

Very late. We've had a similar setup in my school for several years now. Although they're not as sleek (link

yeah...

 

[megafreak]

No edit: And the people saying this is a mostly useless feature are correct. Its just a novelty, in fact most of the time the computers are left open and people just use the little space left, unless it gets really crazy.

 

[pojih]

While yes it is cool, the only real reason I Could see it being used in schools would be if the teacher had control of when the monitor was up/down. That way the teachers could control when the kids were 'paying attention'

 

[Christopher1]

[citation][nom]tsnorquist[/nom]While the concept looks great, I still have issues with "modern schools" when teachers are being let go left and right.Use the money that you'd spend on this for teachers, chalkboards, paper, and writing tools.That seemed to worked fine when I went to school.[/citation]

That worked fine in the non-technical age, it doesn't work fine today.

 

[Clintonio]

I prefer flat standard table-desks. These high tech desks are never used. Waste of public funds.

 

[N.Broekhuijsen]

[citation][nom]anthropophaginian[/nom]Is there an eyefinity edition? ;-)[/citation]
Just what I was thinking as I was reading the article!

 

[aaron686]

but do they play crysis?
These things are like pinatas waiting to be smashed to find the goodies inside.

 

[zachary k]

yea, lets put the fancy tech in schools so they can use it it play counter strike, put gum under the desk, and switch around the keys until the keyboard is destroyed. i would rather have a e reader for textbooks instead of a table with a pull out mac.

 

[eddieroolz]

Holy crap I want one!

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]hang-the-9[/nom]We have some similar desks at work, very clean looking for meetings, yet you have a PC monitor when needed. The issue with this is the cost of having a computer at every desk, which I'm sure very very few schools have.[/citation]

I work at a school. I'm not sure how many desks we have, but we have about 1600 computers.

Our furniture isn't this advanced though. Our computers are still attached to regular monitors sitting on the desks permanently

 

[gemmakaru]

That wouldn't have lasted five minutes at my school, the desks were pretty carved up with pen knives. That was in the 80s, maybe schools have model citizens as pupils now.