Schools Embrace the iPad
 

so as I drove home this morning, I was listening on The Beat and they were talking about more and more schools are not using iPads as learning tools.

I personally think its ridiculous for elementary schools to use it and replace the pencil/paper, are they serious.
High schools, i can see it being used to replaces text books, just click and you can update without having to buy a new set. Chances are kids will use it to play games instead to do their homework.
College and University I can definitely see it.

I did some google'ing and heres an article by the NY Times

How romantic would it be to write someone a love poem and not know how to hold a pencil/pen.. are you going to say.. "Did you get my txt?"

what do you guys think...

should be the other way around

:facepalm: seriously? Kids these days just keep getting lazier and lazier.. And they reward them with iPads? How's the kid supposed to learn how to write shit.
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Id imagine the schools would find a way to keep it for educational purposes. There aren't any games like solitaire or minesweeper built in. I think it's neat to see kids watchin videos on a sharp iPad rather than the microwave on a trolley that we'd wheel around in elementary school with a corner that was perpetually purple. My only concern is the budget because I don't feel the iPad is a replacement for a full on desktop computer. Although in a few more years that might not be the case. I guess its the way of the future in a sense but the beat always blows this kinda thing way out of proportion. I remember going to the computer lab as the shit in elementary and even high school even though there really wasn't much you could do on them with all the blocked sites and what not...

As a tool i think it's awesome but it'll never replace pen and paper.
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I remember my elementary school's computer lab, all iMacs with those funky-coloured cases. If something like the iPad replaces pen and paper, I can only imagine how much handwriting will go to shit.

I feel like my handwriting is going to shit already.
Since I work on the computer so much now, I barely ever have to write much.

Definitely teach the kids in elementary school how to write properly though. It's just basics.

:lol

I remember my grade 7 teacher one day, out of random, just got pissed and yelled at the class to start
writing better because more than half the class was writing like kindergarten kids.

Then he gave everyone those practice sheets with the rows of 3 guide lines to practice our writing.

:fuuuuu:

^ LOL WRITE PROPERLY.

oooh i remember those colourful macs...weren't they called eMacs or sth? haha idk.

i think it's retarded for kids to use IPADs in school..thats why you see kids getting more and more stupid every year imo AND so many kids are wearing glasses nowadays with THICK lenses

^ The glasses thing is a good point as well :thumbsup:
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Ipads, are you serious?

I thought the school board was getting budget cuts left right and center...surely a $100 P4 computer is enough to meet the learning needs of K-7 students.

All I had in grade 3 was All The Right Type 2 running on Microsoft 2.0 dos
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In the right hands, a class set of iPads can work wonders. Should we go back to quill and ink while we're at it? How about slate and chisel?

Times have changed. I agree that the basics are important and they will always be priority one, but in this digital age, you either get on board with technology or be left behind.

For the dumb kids, the iPad would be more or less a toy, but in the hands of kids who are bright..............

Oregon Trail over any Ipad apps any day.

Oregon Trail on a Macintosh ftw
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Studies show that people do not retain as much information when reading from a screen vs reading from books. These studies included eInk screens too. Thus if you want to do best in school, buy books.

I know some of the private schools are looking into it for 2 reasons:
1. Cheaper books, electronic copies are typically cheap, even though the iPad initially is expensive.
2. Less real estate. Books take up a lot of room, in schools and in backpacks.

Makes sense, yet since learning from paper is better I still prefer to buy books.

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emacs in elementary for nanosaur

http://www.pangeasoft.net/nano/image...hots/nano7.jpg

Anyone remember this?
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lol a lotta the ppl posting in this thread are making up bullshit excuses why this wouldn't work. In reality, you're just scared of change and hate on progress.

1. teaching via ipads would make the learning way more productive, interesting and ultimately effective. My old company designed e-Learning courses and if you look at high-end schools employing these types of methods and then monitor the students vs. traditional schools, you'll see it works much better

2. you can easily block out games, apps etc. with corporate device management software - most schools have contracts with such companies anyway, to protect and secure their computers. My current company does this, including ipad management software.

3. the kids would still know how to write - through english class, where they would be taught how to write. Down the line if you want you can probably turn iPads into tablets and have students write, just without the paper and pen, but instead on the screen. This will save paper

4. i grew up in an era where handwriting wasn't taught either and i wasn't born in canada. However my handwriting is pretty good and i can handwrite. Blame yourself. Other than that though, we don't live in a world where handwirting is essential - only printing is. If you think this is wrong, don't blame iPads - with or without iPads, kids are not being taught to write properly. Blame the system...

By introducing ipads into the classroom arent we simply putting more dependence on technology? I for one disapprove of this.
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on the theme of games we played back in elementary school

I don't know about you, but I was always on the run looking for Carmen Sandiego
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and making state of the art animation using hypercard on our imacs

That's just the reality of living in the 21st century.

I still write notes with pen(cil) and paper.

:fuckyea: Cross-country Canada!

I remember Oregon Trail, I played it almost every indoor recess, and I have it lying around somewhere in my desktop computer. What stumps me to this day is how someone can die of a broken arm (it happened to me).

This is the older version of OT, but still...
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For the price of an Ipad why not get real computers. Whats the benefit of learning how to use an app.

In Nanaimo some schools are still using Windows 95.

It would make more sense if the schools used an Android based tablet.
It's way cheaper and the code for specific apps are easier to write imo.

The biggest advantage to and android tablet is the cost... and since our education system has no money (or limited amount of it), this would be a more viable option if this is actually being proposed.

in a year there will be an article about how schools rae using androids. Studies show that in a year, andriods will dominate in the workplace for corporate use.