[chatmasta]

Why can’t you just use a Bluetooth keyboard?

[macspoofing]

You can. More money. More things to configure. More things to break. More things to lose.

[chatmasta]

True. That said, if a school is spending 300 per student on an iPad, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to spend another 40 on a keyboard.

[dagw]

it doesn’t seem unreasonable to spend another 40 on a keyboard.

You have obviously never been involved in purchasing decisions at large public institutions. "Reasonable" never features into it.

[abrowne]

It may not be unreasonable, but it's more money.

[chrisseaton]

How can you lose a keyboard?

[bryanlarsen]

You don't have kids, do you?

[monkmartinez]

I do... my 10 year old son lost a brand new pair of Under Armor shoes two weeks ago. Gone. Poof.

It was maddening as hell, but then I realized that I have lost bigger more expensive things as well. Also, I was a kid too... So I took a deep breath and he used his birthday money to buy himeself a new pair. I didn't have to raise my voice... he just "knew" not to test on this.

[chrisseaton]

Yeah I do.

[macspoofing]

Issues that are trivial at the level of the individual become logistics headaches when you scale out to thousands or tens of thousands of individuals.