So, uh, this seems like a website full of smart people, so maybe one of you can answer this question for me:
Why does the LA School District even care whether the students are using the iPads for personal enjoyment?
Every article I've read on this story takes it as a given that if students are using them for fun it must be a terrible failure that necessitates reevaluating the entire program, but... why?
If the work gets done what does the school care what else kids do?
The articles also never really explain what the iPads are for; it seems to me that, say, typing a 20 page report on an iPad would actually be kind of an uncomfortable pain in the ass, compared to using, say, a netbook of some kind.
What makes the iPad appealing is that you can take it with you everywhere you go and have lots of freedom to browse the internet and share documents with people you meet in real life. If you take away that aspect of them for students, what makes them an improvement over books and paper?
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So, uh, this seems like a website full of smart people, so maybe one of you can answer this question for me:
Why does the LA School District even care whether the students are using the iPads for personal enjoyment?
Every article I've read on this story takes it as a given that if students are using them for fun it must be a terrible failure that necessitates reevaluating the entire program, but... why?
If the work gets done what does the school care what else kids do?
The articles also never really explain what the iPads are for; it seems to me that, say, typing a 20 page report on an iPad would actually be kind of an uncomfortable pain in the ass, compared to using, say, a netbook of some kind.
What makes the iPad appealing is that you can take it with you everywhere you go and have lots of freedom to browse the internet and share documents with people you meet in real life. If you take away that aspect of them for students, what makes them an improvement over books and paper?