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Well actually technically textbooks almost never have access to the intern... ok ok.Originally Posted by MixedVariety
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a PC is personal computer, you would be right if i just said computer.
then again, that would also mean it could be a smartphone, mac, commodore, Amiga, etc....
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Oh, so a tablet suddenly is non-personal and for industrial use? :D
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if you want it literally, it's a touch screen with a mainboard behind it.
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Also known as a computer, let's stop the semantics. This thread was about how iPads in school are a bad idea and how much everyone agrees on that, remember?
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I guess I was out for a while, but why are iPad in schools a bad idea?
I think they could be a valuable tool for learning provided they are used properly. Just like computers.
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I don't think they're a bad idea. Making use of available technology as a learning tool definitely has its merits. I think it's premature to think we can revamp the education system to an iPad/computer only kind of format.
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The issue was replacing textbooks with iPads, not supplementing learning with iPads.
Frankly, until these things cost parents $50, I can't agree with them being mandated for classroom use. I just think about kids with absent parents or from single family homes and I can't get on board. My dad freaked when he had to buy me a graphing calculator, I can't even imagine what he'd have said if I had to get an iPad. Actually, I can: He probably would have thought I was making it up and, upon proving I wasn't, he probably would have bought some discount version that wouldn't perform any of the required functions lolol
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My kid has managed to lose a school book twice this year. I would have been glad if she could have had access to a downloadable file so she could study while we got back to the store to get another copy. Also, less likely that she'd lose an iPad (or whatever).
I think the main issue would be to have the tech and learn to make use of it, but also to learn to do things by hand. It's important to learn to write, and to calculate without a calculator. It's fairly trivial for the teacher to tell students to put away their iPad (or whatever) because the next exercise is pen & paper.
As for choosing the tech to use, it's fairly trivial to make the books in pdf or some other portable format that won't mess up on different displays. Yes, it involves some work on the part of the book makers, but if the demand is there then they will meet it.
As for getting parents on board, you can explain it by showing them the total cost using textbooks vs iPad. And you can also provide them with a list of discount solutions if they choose to go that way.
@RDarken: It's not a perfect solution, but then again some people end up buying earlier editions used books and end up without all the info, or some things have changed, and page numbering has changed. Many parents will always be cheap (and with reason, raising a kid is expensive)...
I think my main concern would be with theft. And iPad is much more valuable on the black market, and having kids walking around with those is asking for trouble.
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Man, the things kids have to worry about these days. When I was in school I'd never have to worry about my homework getting stolen (in fact there were days I'd lament that no one wanted to do so) but if schools start requiring kids to carry around ipads those bullies are going to have something better to show for their trouble than lunch money. Wonder what kind of fee a school would charge when ipads are "lost" or "broken".
I'm not against tech such as tablets in the classroom, and in fact I'm in favor of them as long as apps are controlled and kids aren't allowed to message each other through lessons. However, requiring them to be taken home in order to do homework as I've heard some schools propose is a horrible idea. It would be like taking home a computer, that's just too much responsibility for kids, especially when there's people in the area that would really quite like to have such an item.
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