We shall see. I personally don't know about the inevitibility part either, but I just thought his view was interesting, nonetheless.
On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Bryan Smart <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]<macvisionaries%[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]<macvisionaries%[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.
