LAUSD Slows iPad Rollout Since The Plan Is Idiotic
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The plan was to level the technological playing field by providing children from low-income families with a tool to take standardized tests, do homework, and read stories, reports Reuters. What students were not supposed to be able to do is breach the iPad’s security with a few clicks and swipes and gain access to Facebook and Fruit Ninja and whatever else they felt like doing on the ADD-inducing machine.
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So despite the LAUSD’s noble plan to provide all students with the opportunity for limited attention spans, the district is now slowing the planned distribution of the final 650,000 devices by the end of 2014, and may delay the releases until the end of 2015.
Rather than providing students with additional tutors, teachers and security, the LAUSD chose iPads; hopefully they get get the distribution back on track so all of Los Angeles’ youth can enjoy sepia-filtered photos of food and learn economics through Farmville 2. At least if media continues to trend in the same direction no one will have to read, and all storytelling will occur through .gifs. We can only hope.
Read More at Reuters
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