An Apple a Day Keeps the Paper Away.

Schools like Roslyn High School on Long Island have embraced the idea of using ipads as learning tools. They handed out 47 ipads on Dec. 20 to the students and teachers in two humanties classes. The School district hopes to provide ipads eventually to all 1,100 of its students. One teacher at the school enjoyed having the ipads and said that they expanded the four walls of the classroom. Another teacher and some other schools said that they do not think that giving children laptops and ipads will have a good effect on their educations. Things like games and the internet can distract them from the tasks at hand. These problems and predictions are definitely similar to our problems. Some parents have questioned the digital citizenship of the students at BHS and also the responsibility of having a $600.00 item in their hands. I think ipads are a great idea for classroom use, but i still think some things need to be fixed about it. It definitely provides more information to students but also gives them more freedom on the web.