| Hey! We're getting iPads! Isn't that great?!?!? |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Summary iPads (and the Android and Windows tablets that will eventually follow) may very well be the 1:1 devices of choice for schools. That is, if schools can figure out what to do with them. Topics Apple iPad, Grant, Christopher Dawson Blogger Info Christopher Dawson * Bio * Contact Biography Christopher Dawson Christopher Dawson Christopher Dawson grew up in Seattle, back in the days of pre-antitrust Microsoft, coffeeshops owned by something other than Starbucks, and really loud, inarticulate music. He escaped to the right coast in the early 90's and received a degree in Information Systems from Johns Hopkins University. While there, he began a career in health and educational information systems, with a focus on clinical trials and related statistical programming and database modeling. This focus led him to several positions at Johns Hopkins, then to a large biotech company in Cambridge, and finally, to his own consulting business. Now, he lives with his wife, five kids, a dog, and too many chickens in a small town in north-central Massachusetts where he spent several years teaching and managing technology in his local school district. Now he is a consultant and freelance writer in the areas of educational technology and web-based information systems. He writes a fair amount about his chickens, too. Vendor HotSpot Here to help you with your Document Management Needs Read the DocuMentor blog now Learn More » My youngest son’s elementary school recently received a grant that allowed them to make several purchases, including 10 iPads. Kids and teachers alike were understandably excited and many shared their excitement with me, both as the former technology director for the school district and as the resident geek dad in the school. Although it’s a great step forward in a small, rural school that has struggled with technology implementations, I had to work pretty hard to hide my reservations and skepticism from them. Instead, I shared a few caveats with the people who would actually be trying to work them into the curriculum. Most of us know that 1:1 is where we need to head (if we aren’t already there). The recent results from the Project Red study make it clear that half-hearted (whether because of budget constraints or because of stakeholder disengagement) attempts at 1:1 are essentially a waste of money. |
| Source: ZDNet (USA) | Published: November 29th, 2010 |
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