Friday, May 28, 2010

Re: ipads Lower School

On May 27, 2010, at 3:12 PM, Keith E Gatling wrote:

> Amen to that! Is there an actual real use for the iPads, or are we
> just
> buying them so we can tell parents that we're using cutting edge
> technology?

Neither, at this very early point in its life cycle a solid rationale
for purchasing iPads might be to simply begin to explore at length and
in depth how they might be used in consequential ways in our learning
environments.

HTH,

Mark

Mark Nelson
Director of Information Technology
Thayer Academy
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Braintree, MA. 02184

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