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At least in the case of the 6th grade iPads, they piloted this last year in one class in every APS middle school.  The results were obviously - from their perspective

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And the analysis of the data collected is available where?

[quote]- good enough to justify giving every 6th grader an iPad.  As the parent of one such 6th grader this year in an APS middle school, I think that this [b]can be[/b] very useful - especially for kids whose families cannot afford such technology themselves.  A lot of content [b]supposedly [/b]is going to be pushed to the iPads for the kids to work on at home (WiFi won't be necessary).  It also [b]supposedly[/b] will help with differentiation.  I was surprised myself to hear that this was moving forward but I'm really not upset -- it won't be perfect (we've heard rollout at our son's middle school may take a bit longer than planned) but kids today use technology and this [b]has the potential [/b]to be helpful to student learning.  The level of vitriol from some people over this seems a bit much.[/quote]

We can agree at least that we have different standards when it comes to rigor and cost-benefit analysis.

And transparency.[/quote]

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