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LA school officials shift from free iPads to laptops and hybrids
BY MAT SMITH @THATMATSMITH 5 HOURS AGO
An iPad for every student was the plan. Then, some students were too smart
for their own good, quickly enabling their for-learnin' iPads to access to
anything on the web, including Twitter, Facebook and all that other fun
stuff. LA's school district now plans to differentiate what it offers its
students, authorizing purchases for one of six different devices, including
laptops and hybrids such as Chromebooks, Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 and
Lenovo's Yoga Touch. This fall, teachers and students will test these
laptops to see if they fit. "The benefit of the new approach is clear," said
Los Angeles school board member Monica Ratliff, talking to the LA Times. "
Why would we treat all our students - whether they are a first-grader or a
high school freshman - as if they all had the same technology needs? They
don't."
Last year's iPad scheme rolled out to 47 schools, but alongside those
aforementioned security filter woes, distribution of the tablets soon fell
behind schedule. Worse still, educational materials were apparently often
incomplete. (In the new scheme, materials from three different publishers
are also being trialled) Given the touchscreen keyboards, iPads were
apparently difficult to use while sometimes exam problems were often
obscured due to the screen size. iPad distribution across LA's school
district remains on hold, although some school are still scheduled to
receive them later this year. |
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