I always hesitate to discuss this issue publicly because I know I'm coming from a place of privilege. We had Apple in for a meeting last week and they were, of course, trying to sell us on the iPad -- but it would be a step backwards for me. I've been teaching at laptop/tablet computer schools for 15 years now. We skipped over the transition-space that people are now in with their 1:1 iPad programs mostly because compressed technology like that didn't exist at the time. The iPad is not the be-all-and-end-all of education technology and it is slightly discouraging that high school folks are not moving to more accommodating technologies even though the cost is greater. The principal issue is that iPads are very limiting to both the teacher and the student. They do not do construction well -- just compare writing anything of any length with an iPad versus Word on a tablet computer. Contrast the expansive but integrated and organiz...
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