LA school officials shift from free iPads to laptops and hybrids

BYMat Smith @thatmatsmith4 hours ago

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An iPad for every student was the plan. Then, some students were too clever for their own good, fast making their for-learnin'iPads for access to anything on the web, including Twitter, Facebook and all that other fun stuff. The LA school district is now planning to discern what the offers its students, empower purchases for one of the six different devices, including laptops and hybrids such as Chromebooks, Microsoft's Surface Touch Pro 2 and Lenovo's Yoga. This fall, teachers and students will test these laptops to see if they fit. "The advantage of the new approach is clear," said Los Angeles school Board Member Monica Ratliff, talking to the LA Times. "Why should we treat all our students-whether they are a first-grader or a high school freshman-like they were all the same technology needs? They don't. "

IPad scheme rolled out last year to 47 schools, but in addition to these above safety filter woes, Division of tablets soon fell behind schedule. Worse, educational materials were apparently often incomplete. (In the new arrangement, materials from three different publishers also be trialled) Having regard to the touchscreen keyboards, iPads were apparently hard to use while sometimes exam problems were often obscured because of the size of the screen. iPad distribution over the LA school district remains on hold, although some school are still scheduled to receive them later this year.

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