District 833 weighs online courses, iPads for students as part of technology push
June 3, 2011 at 3:48 am in South Washington County Bulletin
School District 833 is considering expanding the use of technology in education by adding online courses, equipping some students with iPad tablet computers and extending secondary school media center hours. Continue Reading
the same district that tried cutting funding for special ed wants to supply iPads? There are no educational benefits provided by iPads that cannot be found on a computer. Offering iPads just seems like a way to provide some materialistic cache to the district. Instead of trying to provide teens with time-wasting machines they should provide buses to the elementary students who are required to walk a mile (without sidewalks) to school. A mile walk may not seem like a big deal but since many Cottage Grovians seem to think they’re on the Daytona Speedway, it is a big deal.
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With a budget ballooned with Ipads, they will be able to get (force) the cuts they want in a couple of years. I think there’s an app for that.
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