[E. Pluribus Unum]

The big-government/big-corporate crony-fascist complex has decreed that the taxpayers purchase iPads from Apple for all students.

That's all you need to know, peasant.

[jurroppi1]

I’d be more concerned about my WiFi and network being hacked by the GOV’t hacked iPads and my inability to hide my SSID because mac crap won’t connect when you do that.

[metmom]

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[WayneS]

Just a little crony capitalism from your fiends school system and our fiends at Apple...

[TADSLOS]

Welcome to the brave new world. My wife went through this in her last year of teaching three years ago. Total chaos. No plan to integrate the new technology. No training for teachers and staff. No control. Kids playing games, taking pics and videos and worse. A total goat screw. Her school had approx a 30% population of illegals at that time. Guess where their ipads ended up?

[CharlesOConnell]

A lot of this confusion can be laid at the feet of the indubitable Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner. As Vice-President, he had enormous influence promoting the idea that the mere possession of computers automatically confers educational excellence.

TODDLERS BECOMING SO ADDICTED TO IPADS THEY REQUIRE THERAPY

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10008707/Toddlers-becoming-so-addicted-to-iPads-they-require-therapy.html

Children as young as four are becoming so addicted to smartphones and iPads that they require psychological treatment.

INFANTS ‘UNABLE TO USE TOY BUILDING BLOCKS’ DUE TO IPAD ADDICTION

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10767878/Infants-unable-to-use-toy-building-blocks-due-to-iPad-addiction.html

The Association of Teachers and Lecturers warn that rising numbers of children are unable to perform simple tasks such as using building blocks because of overexposure to iPads.

SLEEP PROBLEMS PLAGUE DEVICE DEPENDENT CHILDREN

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/03/03/Sleep-Problems-Plague-Device-Dependent-Children

Cellphones and other devices emit the “blue light” that works against the sleep process by interfering with melatonin, the chemical in our bodies that promotes sleepiness.

Anecdote: When I was in the 10th grade in 1970, I shared a science-fiction short story I had read with my friends: Like the kids in Hunger Games, rural, disadvantaged kids lacking access to specialized calculating equipment were able to beat elite urban kids in math competition by using traditional paper-based cyphering techniques.

Life imitates art, as a recent news article shows: “FINNS BEAT U.S. WITH LOW-TECH TAKE ON SCHOOL”, Politico 5/27/14

http://tinyurl.com/lz8w69k .

“At the start of morning assembly in the state-of-the-art Viikki School in Helsinki, students’ smartphones disappear. In math class, the teacher shuts off the Smartboard and begins drafting perfect circles on a chalkboard. The students — some of the highest-achieving in the world — cut up graphing paper while solving equations using their clunky plastic calculators.” (Read More… http://tinyurl.com/lz8w69k )

[Maudeen]

Not to mention the health hazards of ipads and other electronic devices!!!!!!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/12/19/cell-phone-use.aspx

[ctdonath2]

Easier to carry a tablet around than 3 cubic feet of books.
Easier to update a tablet than buy/ship/distribute paper books.
Cheaper to buy e-books than paper.
E-books can be more dynamic (videos/music/etc where appropriate) than inert paper.

I’m going paperless. No problem with giving the kids tablets IF they will be responsible enough to care for them and use them wisely; break it? here’s your paper copy of the text, carry that around kid.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Town Meeting form of government is the only way to go.

Turning over all decisions to a board of elected liars....errr...politicians is a recipe for disaster.

[palmer]

http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-deasy-ipads-20140826-story.html