darkSpyro

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Our school district encourages that all children have an electronic device to do school work on. If you don't have one, then they are left out to read by themself, while other children are on a tablet, pc, ipod or ipad. Kind of ridiculous, but if you don't have one, your'e somehow the minority.

This is absolutely true. Classrooms these days (at least in middle class areas) use tablet PCs frequently. My son has a Google Nexus 7 for books and school. He has NO games on it AT ALL. He has a 3DS for games, but that absolutely, positively does not go to school. They use it for books (you can check books out of the public library on tablets), for a math web app they use, they use QR codes for assignments, etc. It is really well integrated, his teacher added their school wireless hot spot to it so you do not need a phone contract either. They have a classroom Nook that kids that do not have one can use, but since that is shared you obviously are better off having your own. The Nexus is $199, so it isn't very unreasonable - we just teach him to take care of it.

And the private schools over here almost require you have a MAC laptop. Of course, if you are in private school, you can probably afford it. But I still don't like the thought of a 1st grader transporting an ipad to and from school, but I'd rather not have my child feel left out. They almost force the tablet to be an iPad, most of the curriculum is on iOS devices. So those with androids, still can't even participate in all of it. It's a new program, so I am sure it will develop as it goes on.

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Quote: defpally

This is absolutely true. Classrooms these days (at least in middle class areas) use tablet PCs frequently. My son has a Google Nexus 7 for books and school. He has NO games on it AT ALL. He has a 3DS for games, but that absolutely, positively does not go to school. They use it for books (you can check books out of the public library on tablets), for a math web app they use, they use QR codes for assignments, etc. It is really well integrated, his teacher added their school wireless hot spot to it so you do not need a phone contract either. They have a classroom Nook that kids that do not have one can use, but since that is shared you obviously are better off having your own. The Nexus is $199, so it isn't very unreasonable - we just teach him to take care of it.

And the private schools over here almost require you have a MAC laptop. Of course, if you are in private school, you can probably afford it. But I still don't like the thought of a 1st grader transporting an ipad to and from school, but I'd rather not have my child feel left out. They almost force the tablet to be an iPad, most of the curriculum is on iOS devices. So those with androids, still can't even participate in all of it. It's a new program, so I am sure it will develop as it goes on.

I said it once, and I'll say it again. There is NO ADVANTAGE AT ALL to having an Apple device. Apple is for people that want to feel fancy. Any school that REQUIRES that **** doesn't deserve to teach children. EDIT: Sorry for all the anger there, but I hate Apple with a burning passion. If anyone wants to discuss this with me PM me. I don't want to get this thread even more off topic.