Something For Conservatives To Scream About

[Palandri]

A small school district in central Minnesota will put an iPad in the hands of every student in grades 5-12 this fall, its board decided this week.

http://www.startribune.com/local/118687669.html

[Keven]

A small school district in central Minnesota will put an iPad in the hands of every student in grades 5-12 this fall, its board decided this week.

http://www.startribune.com/local/118687669.html

Meh, not really mad about it. If it's within their means and their budget, they're free to do whatever they want.

A guy I work with did a piece on a private high school somewhere down South that also is requiring every student to have an iPad.

I do doubt the educational value of an iPad. I think the educators mean well, but you know more than half the kids will end up on Facebook and Angry Birds. If my school board held a tax referendum regarding increasing property taxes so they could buy everybody iPads - I'd vote against it.

[/\/\adGamer]

My kids get school issued laptops/net books they have now for several years.

[Keven]

My kids get school issued laptops/net books they have now for several years.

That seems so weird to me.

Back in my day, we went down to the computer lab where they had a bunch of Dells and iMacs set up. And I'm not even that old.

[Windrunner]

Good!

Well, not good that they're ipads and have limited use and that the kids SHOULD be getting PCs ( as in personal computers ) with more versatility than an ipad - but still good that there's technology going into the hands of every student, and it's technology to be proud of instead of butt ugly ghetto tech that students don't want to be seen with.

[bk94si]

stupid in my opinion but it is their decision, not mine. I would probably scream if it were my local school district.

[Dutchcedar]

A sign of the times.

My school gave me a free slide rule.

[/\/\adGamer]

I would rather the districts spend the money on computers for the kids than greasing the pockets of the thugs running the teachers unions. just saying

[AMDScooter]

I would rather the districts spend the money on computers for the kids than greasing the pockets of the thugs running the teachers unions. just saying

Nice change of pace to see the monies actually being spent on the children.

As an aside.. how long till the kids do the equivalent of a "jailbreak" on their new toys?? Face it.. in this regard the majority of kids probably know a darn sight more about the technology than the teachers.

Palandri... why exactly did you think conservatives would "scream" about this??

[madhatter256]

Great, now the kids will be playing nothing but Angry Bird on those things and not learn anything valuable.