Much to agree with, there. However, I'm not advocating for NOT using
tablets, books, readers and/or PCs as fits what needs done. Rather, I'm
dismayed to find that institutions of learning, rather than promoting
openness, are so willing to advocate for people effectively tieing
themselves to a company which markets a device so closed, and for which one
must pay, and pay, and pay.
Ever try and read a tablet like the iPad in bright sunlight? Why not use a
reader like the Nook, or the Kindle, which actually *can* be read
effectively that way? And I could go on, but I won't, other than to say
this: Institutions of learning should be inclusive, and operating system
agnostic.
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 11:45, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile <
fgonzalezgentile@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss10/record2210.17.html
>
> Fernando.
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Scott Gomez <sgomez.baja@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Bah. Specifying what device and O/S students are to purchase and run is
> > sheer lunacy. Not to mention a waste of taxpayers money.
> >
>
> >
> >>
> >> South Korea recently announced they are phasing out all paper textbooks
> by
> >> 2014 and will foot the $2 Billion bill to supply every student with a
> >> "tablet computer".
> >>
> >>
> >> George S.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The new jingle
> >> iPhone, iPod, iPad, I poor !
> >> One secondary school in New Zealand has just started a move to have all
> >> ew entrants to 3rd form have an iPad.
> >> Many many families will not be able to afford this, so there is a call
> for
> >> overnment to fund it
> >> Amazing.
> >> Brian Swale.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The new jingle
> >> iPhone, iPod, iPad, I poor !
> >> One secondary school in New Zealand has just started a move to have all
> >> ew entrants to 3rd form have an iPad.
> >> Many many families will not be able to afford this, so there is a call
> for
> >> overnment to fund it
> >> Amazing.
> >> Brian Swale.
>
> >
> >
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