I think there's some theoretical utility to the concept, but the problem seems to be that the software is so bad kids would actually be better off with pencil and paper and old-timey physical textbooks. 99% of modern consumer software is godawful and kids seem to get the worst of it, presumably because the people who are actually subject to using the software (kids, parents, to some degree teachers) are so many steps removed from the """decision"""-makers who bought it, to say nothing of the rent-seeking ghouls who """designed""" and """built""" it.