You can find out more about him at Chris.Pirillo.com. He's been around a
while and hosts a tech broadcast on radio and a number of websites. Has
about 80K followers on twitter and 40K readers on his primary site.
http://chris.pirillo.com/about/
As far as textbooks go, the cost of the pounds of bound paper is
non-trivial for schools. Especially since they have to be
updated/replaced every few years. It's a bit of a racket here in the
states where a standard calculus text can run over $100. Doesn't take
many of those bills to justify ebooks on ipads.
CB
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-----
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On Behalf Of Rob Lambert
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:11 PM
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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
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