By the next academic year, mobile devices will be available for 1-to-1 computing for half of the U.S. K-12 student and teacher population, according to Futuresource Consulting Ltd, a U.K.-based research and forecasting company.
Globally, the market for mobile computing devices in K-12 has been heating up, increasing by 18.3 percent in 2014, compared to 2013. In the U.S., the numbers are even more dramatic, with a 40.5 percent annual growth rate over that period, driven by the technology requirements associated with the common-core standards and tests and the overall move to online assessments, according to Futuresource. |
