In a 1972 paper entitled "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages", Alan Kay imagined a world in which children would use "personal, portable information manipulators" to read books, create art, and learn about the solar system. We are not there yet, but we're closer than we've ever been. Since January 2010, my colleagues and I at Cedars School of Excellence have been deploying a new computing program in our school-with exciting results.
We have now deployed 115 iPads in school-one to each pupil and staff member. The iPads stay with students all day. Children aged 10 and older can take them home at night. We told teachers they could get keyboards; to my surprise, none have taken up that offer. |
