Our education specialist Bradley Chambers wrote a lengthy piece yesterday explaining the flaws in Apple’s iPad-centric education strategy. The whole piece is well worth a read, but he outlined three main barriers to the superficially attractive vision presented by Apple, even before you consider the purchase cost of the iPads themselves:
Books are tied to Apple IDs, so schools would have to re-purchase textbooks annually
Teachers simply don’t have time to create their own interactive books
Apple’s apps don’t integrate with the established IT systems used by schools
But while the new budget iPad may not be a great fit for most schools, it is a smart move for the consumer market …
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