On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Pete wrote: > I guess my original point, perhaps not well enough explained, was that, > according to the study in my local paper here in California, using iPads to > replace text books costs about 4 times more than using the hard copy text > books. Personally, I can't find any justification for California schools > spending that extra money when there's hardly any evidence that using iPads > improves the quality of eduction at all, never mind 4-fold. > > Pete >
My first thought on the matter of TECHstBOOKS (haha, I just made that up) in class is, "Why must it be an iPad when there are already other affordable, and capable "reading" devices?". There are $150 to $200 capacitive multi-touch Android tablets which aren't limited to just running the OS ROM that shipped with it. With a portion of the education budget, the wonderful developers who create CyanogenMod ROMs (for free) for every popular tablet known to man could create an education-centric ROM with proper security in place. This would turn it back into an educational tool without the distraction of games on the app store. I know alot of people just want iPads to be used everywhere because they are so cool. I'd rather see them use moderately priced equipment that still offers an effective learning environment. I think the best thing about digital textbooks is how little they weigh. This could kill the book-bag industry! ;-) ~Roger _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
