Interesting comments about iPads in the classroom.  I am not sure I agree that an iPad is not “information-producing device” - why can’t the iPad be a creation tool?  iMovie, Garage Band, using online e-portfolios.  I don’t think the iPad is just for taking in.  People are using it to create.  Ask Bjork whether it’s a device for producing.  Maybe we need to start thinking of new student products.  

creative-education:

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I just heard that my school, a 1:1 school using MacBooks for students in grades 6-12, has been told Apple will no longer make those machines. They say we should replace our laptops with iPads.

I get it. iPads are “consumer” devices. They are very popular, solid state - making them…