Kids Happily Return to School for New iPad 2
My children are sad that summer has ended and now it’s back to school. However, one school has a remedy for the end of summer blues. Hand out an iPad 2 tablet to each student in your school instead of textbooks. Lake Minneola High School in Central Florida are doing just that. This is the first public school in Central Florida to purchase the iPad 2 for all their students at a cost of about $700,000. However, school officials believe that the iPad 2 investment will actually save them money over the cost of textbooks.
“Students learn differently now because of the technology,” said Kathy Halbig, innovative learning manager for the Lake school district who is overseeing the project. “Students are used to having multiple sources and being able to have more social collaboration in their learning process rather than just doing it sitting quietly and reading.”
Public schools in Florida are moving away from printed textbooks and plan to go all digital by 2015. This school pilot program at Lake Mineola will set the bar for the rest of Florida and possibly other states, who badly need to find additional costs savings for education. What a golden opportunity for iOS developers to enter the education arena and produce innovative iPad education apps. Apple understands the world of education better than other technology company and with the right iPad education apps, could quickly dominate the educational market.
Via: Orlando Sentinal