On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Roger wrote: > Apparently one of the problems for schools that I know of, quite apart > from the high cost of purchase of the ipad, are the apps. It's never > just one app, losts are needed. > > Students have to have wads of money to install all the apps on top of > every other school cost. There will never be a final list of apps and > that's it, it will be ongoing, as will the purchase of the next ipad, > through the 6-10 years of school. > > From what I understand so far, there may be 20 -30 apps as a minimum > needed per student, or the school has to provide the apps which for say > 3000 students works out at $6000 minimum per app. One school of that > size has baulked at spending tens of thousands of dollars on apps and > savvy students do not seem to like the ipad for school work.
If the average price is three dollars you have to pay up to $90 per year, or $7.50 per month. I just paid the mandatory school fees. It's $1020 per year, for a public school, to give it some perspective. Regards Peter _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
