Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-10 Thread David de la Hunty
). Glenn, I would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread David de la Hunty
that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread David Wood
schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread David de la Hunty
the Mac is a much more engaging platform). Glenn, I would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread Rod Lavington
work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My reasons are numerous, as most

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread David Wood
the Mac is a much more engaging platform). Glenn, I would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-09 Thread Pedro
you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Stuart Evans
and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Stuart Breden
(although I believe the Mac is a much more engaging platform). Glenn, I would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Stuart Breden
would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Rod Lavington
platform). Glenn, I would recommend you talk to teachers in schools that are using iPads and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Glenn Nicholas
and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Daniel Kerr
Oooh ,..I know the answer to that one! When it sends us a postcard!! :o) Sorry, couldn't resist,...lol :) On 8/5/11 6:55 PM, Glenn Nicholas gl...@om4.com.au wrote: How will you know when the iPad gets to wherever it is going? Glenn --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-08 Thread Maria Obiageli Chukwu-Ike
have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My reasons are numerous, as most of the Trials of the iPad program in Education MacBook

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Rod Blitvich
By no way an expert on this.useful site =http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/Laptop - more creativity, more expensive, more maintenance?iPad - device for consuming content, cheaper, lighter, designed to be a single user device - not multi Rod Blitvich-Amy Sam’s Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Roger Kortas
Hi Glen do a google search you will find a wealth of knowledge :) Roger On 07/05/2011, at 1:04 PM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: I'm wondering if anyone has information that would help a primary school decide whether to equip students with a laptop or an iPad. Personally I think an iPad would

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Merv Bond
Hi Glenn I don't know Geoff Strauss but he puts up a solid case for not using the iPad as an alternative to a laptop. He does have a Curriculum Vitae at the bottom of his about me on his home page which shows, among other things, experience in a high school, not a primary school. However,

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Glenn, I found this site, which has quite a few links regarding ipads in schools. Doesn't sound like its ready to be in place of a laptop yet. You would definitely need keyboards and cases as accessories for each ipad. http://www.larkin.net.au/blog/2011/05/03/schools-adopt-ipad/ Special

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Stuart Evans
Hi Glenn, There is a lot of information out there regarding this, and you will get opposing opinions from people with a string of letters after their name. There are a number of trials going on and I can put you into contact with some schools already using them. Don¹t get caught up in comparing a

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Stuart Evans
MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My reasons are numerous, as most of the Trials of the iPad program

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Stuart Breden
MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My reasons are numerous, as most of the Trials of the iPad program

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Philippe Chaperon
and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Rod Lavington
and make your decision based on that and your schools needs. We work with a lot of schools mostly going MacBooks, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School

Re: iPads for Schools

2011-05-07 Thread Glenn Nicholas
, but we have several schools trialling iPads. Cheers, Stuart On 7/05/11 3:00 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Glenn, The iPad program possibly for Primary School, MacBook for Secondary Education. My reasons are numerous, as most of the Trials of the iPad

iPads for Schools

2011-05-06 Thread Glenn Nicholas
I'm wondering if anyone has information that would help a primary school decide whether to equip students with a laptop or an iPad. Personally I think an iPad would not be as useful, but would love to know of any research/resources on this topic. Glenn Nicholas -- The WA Macintosh User Group