OT: SD Unified Purchases 26,000 iPads For District Students

[an]

[quote=Essbee][quote=ucodegen](in 1978…)Most high schools didn’t even have computers available to them, much less individual homes. The High School I attended was one of the rare one’s who did.. in 1975 (oops, dating myself here). This was the first system I learned to program (Not Basic, the other language that was available on that machine)
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Fortan maybe?[/quote]
Fortran?

[spdrun]

I’d rather see Android or Linux tablets used in schools, not iPads, which are tied to what a dying/ill old man thought people should be “ALLOWED” to install on their devices.

[mike92104]

I agree with the android tablets, but only because they are cheaper than ipads. Something like a Kindle Fire would make a good choice for schools.

[CA renter]

[quote=LaPasta]1. iPads will make everyone’s API go up.
2. We won’t have to pay for books (instead we will pay to download ebooks).
3. Circuses for the peasants.
4. Movies for the ritalin brigade.

New York Times article[/quote]

Love the Waldorf philosophy…wish we had the $$$ to send our kids there, too.

[CA renter]

[quote=CONCHO]Technology is going to have a big role to play in the education of commoners. Among the elites, it will be used very little, if at all. Elite children will be too busy learning to read and write in multiple languages, world history, advanced mathematics, etc… to spend time playing with iGizmos.

The introduction of technology to young commoners at earlier and earlier ages is very important, as it reduces their attention span, makes them easier to manipulate, etc… An added bonus is that well-connected businesses can benefit by selling technology into the captive education market.[/quote]

Well…where in the heck do you think we’re going to get tomorrow’s “consumers” (not “citizens,” mind you) from?

[Diego Mamani]

[quote=CONCHO]Technology is going to have a big role to play in the education of commoners. Among the elites, it will be used very little, if at all. Elite children will be too busy learning to read and write in multiple languages, world history, advanced mathematics, etc… to spend time playing with iGizmos.

The introduction of technology to young commoners at earlier and earlier ages is very important, as it reduces their attention span, makes them easier to manipulate, etc… An added bonus is that well-connected businesses can benefit by selling technology into the captive education market.[/quote]
LOL! Love it!

[Ricechex]

Second that.

[no_such_reality]

We’ve deployed iPads to our sales force. We planned refresh at 18 months. We’ll be lucky if most make it that long.

[ucodegen]

[quote=Essbee][quote=ucodegen](in 1978…)Most high schools didn’t even have computers available to them, much less individual homes. The High School I attended was one of the rare one’s who did.. in 1975 (oops, dating myself here). This was the first system I learned to program (Not Basic, the other language that was available on that machine)
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Fortan maybe?[/quote]
Sorry.. didn’t see your entry.. If you had ‘google’d IBM 5100, you would have found that FORTRAN was not available on that machine. The languages were effectively microcoded into the machine.. so there was some limit to what was offered. The other language was APL.

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