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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]

The data comes from the classes in which they piloted classes last year.  The data is probably experiential data, rather than a lot of numbers and figures.  In the greater scheme of things, I don't think that this is worth a lot of parental energy.  The complaints about this remind me of a story conveyed by neighbors about our neighborhood school's extended day program:  Some parents one year were up in arms because the apples being served in Extended Day were not organic and the staff had not removed the stickers from them.

Maybe this is a boondoggle but unless you teach, have educational administration expertise,  and/or want to run for school board, I think the negative reaction is overblown.[/quote]

Agreed. I read all these hand-wringing comments and think, does this mean you are OK with every other thing in the schools, if this is the #1 issue for everyone to get worked up about? Because I can name about ten things that are actual problems with APS. [/quote]

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