{"id":3628,"date":"2013-07-12T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:48:44","slug":"wholesale-adoption-of-ipads-by-schools-a-mistake-educational-technology-and-change-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/12\/wholesale-adoption-of-ipads-by-schools-a-mistake-educational-technology-and-change-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Wholesale Adoption of iPads by Schools a Mistake | Educational Technology and Change Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/etcjournal.com\/2013\/07\/11\/wholesale-adoption-of-ipads-by-schools-a-mistake\/\">Wholesale Adoption of iPads by Schools a Mistake | Educational Technology and Change Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/etcjournal.com\/2013\/07\/11\/wholesale-adoption-of-ipads-by-schools-a-mistake\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ipad.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>YES! YES! YES!<\/p>\n<p>See my own reasons for why the iPad is not the answer <a title=\"Why I Hate My iPad\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/12\/04\/why-i-hate-my-ipad\/\">here<\/a>. <a title=\"iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. \u2013 Technology \u2013 The Chronicle of Higher Education\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/03\/17\/ipads-for-college-classrooms-not-so-fast-some-professors-say-technology-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/\">Others are saying similar things.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thing is, iPads a re fine if most of what you want to do is consume &#8211; watch, read, listen, maybe play a little (but just a little). If you want to make something then you need more. If you want to make something that is not going to live out its entire existence on an Apple device, then you for sure need something else.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, by the time people realize that it isn&#8217;t enough AND that it can&#8217;t actually &#8220;revolutionize learning&#8221; that way people are promising, it will be too late. SO much money will have been invested that they will be trapped.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<h2>Why are cash-starved school districts sending public funds to Apple &#8212; while laying off teachers? Follow the money<\/h2>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/07\/12\/steve_jobs_was_not_a_school_teacher\/\" data-ga-track-json=\"[&quot;navigation&quot;, &quot;click&quot;, &quot;No, iPads do not make teachers obsolete!&quot;]\">No, iPads do not make teachers obsolete! <\/a><\/h1>\n<blockquote><p>As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/05\/education\/05tablets.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0\">New York Times<\/a> sums up that argument, these triumphalists believe iPads and attendant iBooks will \u201csave money in the long run by reducing printing and textbook costs.\u201d The enticing idea is that schools may have to invest huge money upfront, but they will supposedly see huge savings in out years.<\/p>\n<p>The trouble is that there is little evidence to suggest that\u2019s true, and plenty of evidence to suggest the opposite is the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will cost a school 552% more to implement iPad textbooks than it does to deploy books.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3628'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3628);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3628);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3628);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Wholesale Adoption of iPads by Schools a Mistake | Educational Technology and Change Journal. YES! YES! YES! See my own reasons for why the iPad is not the answer here. Others are saying similar things. The thing is, iPads a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/07\/12\/wholesale-adoption-of-ipads-by-schools-a-mistake-educational-technology-and-change-journal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,14,24],"tags":[54,41,143,235,393],"class_list":["post-3628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-apple","tag-education","tag-istuff","tag-learning","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Ww","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6240,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/05\/27\/worth-sharing-donald-clark-plan-b-why-the-tablets-in-schools-debacle-is-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":0},"title":"Worth Sharing: Donald Clark Plan B: Why the tablets in schools debacle is over","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"May 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When will they ever learn? 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Just catching up: this is from a few months back. We dealt with this back in the early 90s when our oldest was in school. It's sad, but not surprising that things haven't changed. WHEN LOS ANGELES\u00a0schools began handing out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/470797712a-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/470797712a-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/470797712a-1024x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/470797712a-1024x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1630,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/03\/17\/ipads-for-college-classrooms-not-so-fast-some-professors-say-technology-the-chronicle-of-higher-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":2},"title":"iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. &#8211; Technology &#8211; The Chronicle of Higher Education","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"There. It's been said. iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education. early studies indicate that these finger-based tablets are passive devices that have limited use in higher education. professors cannot use them to mark up material on the fly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3357,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/29\/ipads-in-school-a-toy-or-a-tool-latimes-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":3},"title":"iPads in school: a toy or a tool? &#8211; latimes.com","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"iPads in school: a toy or a tool? - latimes.com. 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First, this is a very US centric view. Also, it is focused almost entirely on devices rather than their uses. That's part of the whole problem with Ed Tech - people are too impressed with the Technology and not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Computers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Computers","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/computers-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4614,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2014\/12\/27\/education-should-step-away-from-apple-devices-anthony-carabache\/","url_meta":{"origin":3628,"position":5},"title":"Education Should Step Away from Apple Devices | Anthony Carabache","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"December 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"More on why I hate my iPad, AND why using them in schools is a bad idea: Education Should Step Away from Apple Devices | Anthony Carabache. 3 Reasons to Stay Away from iPads in the Classroom Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I am an Apple guy through and through.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academia","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/academia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IPad_2_front_view","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IPad_2_front_view-300x168.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4206,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions\/4206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}