{"id":6240,"date":"2016-05-27T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2016-05-27T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:11:03","slug":"worth-sharing-donald-clark-plan-b-why-the-tablets-in-schools-debacle-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/05\/27\/worth-sharing-donald-clark-plan-b-why-the-tablets-in-schools-debacle-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Worth Sharing: Donald Clark Plan B: Why the tablets in schools debacle is over"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2104\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-16_22-14-28_img_20120216_221429b-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"iPad\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-16_22-14-28_img_20120216_221429b-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/2012-02-16_22-14-28_img_20120216_221429b.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When will they ever learn? Had I said that iPads in the the schools were not the answer four years ago at the height of the love-affair with the iPad, I&#8217;d have been thought a crank.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, <a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/03\/13\/ipad3-means-no-shuffling-between-several-gadgets-really\/\">I DID<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/03\/10\/cargo-cult-education\/\">More than once.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(For more, just try the iPad or iStuff tag on my blog).<\/p>\n<p>My former supervisor thought I was out of touch. People I met a conferences thought I was weird. Well, apparently, I\u00a0was right (not for the first time). Gee, spending 35+\u00a0years in tech and teaching novices about computers and programming for most of that time actually taught me something. How about that.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After the California debacle, schools in five states (Virginia, California, Maine, Texas and North Carolina) are starting to swap out tablets for the laptops they should have purchased in the first place. It started with a survey in Maine, where teachers and students expressed a preference for laptops over tablets. (That\u2019s a novel approach asking the users what they want, as opposed to shoving inappropriate tablets down their throats.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>To be exact, 88.5% of teachers and 74% of grade 7-12 students wanted laptops, not iPads. The observations were clear, that while iPads may be appropriate for young children, they are not suitable for older children who need to acquire writing and other more sophisticated skills using tools that don\u2019t work on iPads,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cshortcomings for older students\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;provide no educational function in the classroom\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cstudents use them as toys\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cword processing near to impossible \u2026 I applaud this change.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201clargely students\u2019 gaming devices\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201ca disaster\u201d\u201cWE NEED LAPTOPS!!!\u201d a student said, three times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Apple has caved in and swapped the tablets for reduced price MacBook Air laptops.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ca\/2016\/05\/why-tablets-in-schools-debacle-is-over.html\">Donald Clark Plan B: Why the tablets in schools debacle is over<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-6240'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(6240);\" 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(6240);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(6240);\">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>When will they ever learn? Had I said that iPads in the the schools were not the answer four years ago at the height of the love-affair with the iPad, I&#8217;d have been thought a crank. Wait, I DID. More &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2016\/05\/27\/worth-sharing-donald-clark-plan-b-why-the-tablets-in-schools-debacle-is-over\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,353,9,369,24],"tags":[388,41,389,393],"class_list":["post-6240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-computers-2","category-educational-technology","category-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1CE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4743,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/07\/04\/what-schools-must-learn-from-las-ipad-debacle-wired\/","url_meta":{"origin":6240,"position":0},"title":"What Schools Must Learn From LA&#8217;s iPad Debacle | WIRED","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What Schools Must Learn From LA's iPad Debacle | WIRED. 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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":3288,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/03\/10\/cargo-cult-education\/","url_meta":{"origin":6240,"position":1},"title":"Cargo Cult Education","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"March 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Evolution of educational technology infographic - Irish Innovation News \u2013 Siliconrepublic.com. 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Others are saying similar things. The thing is, iPads a re fine if most of what you want to do\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":2117,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/04\/10\/what-computer-literacy-should-be-more-than-learning-to-use-your-ipad\/","url_meta":{"origin":6240,"position":3},"title":"WHAT!? Computer Literacy should be MORE than learning to use your iPad?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Programming vs. \u201cTechnology\u201d April 9, 2012, 8:00 am By Robert Talbert Dumbing Down : Stager-to-Go. 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