The School buy iPads instead of books for Kids
What lucky kids in that school! They can have the new exquisite gadget from Apple for study. Of course entertainment is not allowed in the class. That private Cedars school in Scotand has given sleek new iPads to every single one of its pupils to use in class and to even take home.
It’s the brainchild of Fraser Speirs, the IT director of Cedars School of Excellence in Greenock, who wanted to solve the problem of the school’s computer lab, which had 12 desktops and 12 laptops, constantly being overbooked.
First he thought of giving everyone iPod Touches, but that wouldn’t have allowed them to do serious work like writing essays. Then the iPad was launched, and it now takes care of 99% of the work the students need to do.
You could argue that school can afford this because it’s a private school. But Fraser Speirs points out that the total costs (around £58,000, or $89,400 over three years) are amortized across every class, and long term the school is saving money on photocopying, paper, pens and eventually, books.
Speirs refutes criticisms that his school is trying to get rid of pen and paper for good. “We are not building a paperless school. Paper is often a temporary version of something that is digital,” he says. “I might still print out two pages from a PDF textbook for students to scribble on.”
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