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by sivetic 4566 days ago
A local school recently voted to introduce iPads into schools. Immediately following the vote, there was a huge backlash from the parents about why the school thought it was a great idea to give a platform for messaging and gaming to their kids.

I wish more parents and educators actually understood the benefit and potential of computers in classrooms. Thank you for helping the cause in a huge way!
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PierreA 4566 days ago
The issue in schools is that older kids are smarter that the teachers and can fool them to do what they want on the iPad Or simply they can the hack the device to do what they want - there was a big story in LA schools about this - but I believe it is learning as well no ? I remember I learnt a lot about security and Unix when I was hacking the network of my university 20 years ago :-)
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wmeredith 4566 days ago
Maybe they should give iPads to the teachers, too ;)
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DennisP 4566 days ago
A school system in my area did it and got a lot more support, but had to stop for now because the kids broke so many of the iPads.
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