Keeping up with the Munchkins

Posted by LiveHeart 10 years, 7 months ago to Education
9 comments | Share | Flag

This cracked me up. Administrators think they can keep up with high school students? Why is it necessary to provide high tech equipment to teenagers again?

All Comments

  • Comment hidden due to member score or comment score too low. View Comment
  • Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 7 months ago
    The alleged purpose of handing out the iPads was to give "disadvantaged" kids access to modern technology so they didn't fall behind.

    These same kids were able to hack the iPads and access the internet, including Facebook.

    Exactly how are they falling behind, again?
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sounds like another follow the money story. I read another article that explained how much money some companies were making from this. A school district in Detroit spent millions on giving i-pads to students while eliminating programs for special needs kids.
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    the school districts made assumptions which were invalid. but I absolutely believe in ingenuity. where are the "seized" ipads though?
    Reply | Permalink  
  • Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 7 months ago
    Good find LiveHeart. I can't believe that one of the people who came up with this idea did not have a child at home that they could say "hey, can you get past our security"? Frustrating...
    Reply | Permalink  

  • Comment hidden. Undo