not only that, but the more you buy the cheaper a product becomes. If schoolboards bought or had access through parents to buy in large quantities, pricing would come down. Apple used to have an excellent relationship with educaters and would probably wish to mend fences and get back on that footing again. On 2010-04-18, at 6:30 AM, marie Howarth wrote:
> I don't think Apple would be charging full price for IPads if entire school > districts were interested. And besides, we all know that products devalue > over time. I'm not sure IPads in the classroom for individual students is > inevitable before college level but I sure think there will be IPads used in > classrooms by teachers at the very least. It's one of those things, we shall > see what happens. > > On 18 Apr 2010, at 04:01, Bryan Smart 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]. >> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
