Who is Chris Pirillo? I looked, but it just seems like he's another guy with a blog, where many of his posts are like "as blah blah reported, <goes on to paraphrase the article he just linked.>".
The iPad isn't evitable in classrooms, because the cheapest one is $500. You'd need between $10,000 - $15,000 for a classroom of 20 - 30 kids. And that isn't counting maintenance/up-keep costs, because we all know how carefully kids won't handle expensive tablet computers. You can't both require it and put the cost on parents, since you aren't allowed to exclude people from education based on their income. So, the school would need to cover the cost. That's huge. Probably, $20,000 per classroom would be a good starting estimate. The possibilities are cool, but it will need to be way more cheap for this to happen. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Lambert Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Interesting take on the iPad in Education This is a video from Chris Pirillo, one of the major Tech Enthusiasts, and he discusses the possibility (or as he calls it, inevitability) of the iPad in the classroom. He also notes the reasons for lack of a camera on the device. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNiSMyHLlqo&playnext_from=TL&videos=-tE8WAL50QQ&feature=sub -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
