http://bsmknighterrant.org/news/2010/01/05/one-to-one-laptop-program-to-begin-next-year/ The student news site of Benilde-St. Margaret's School Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bsmknighterrant.org/news/2010/01/05/one-to-one-laptop-program-to-begin-next-year/comment-page-1/#comment-7253 Ben Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:05:41 +0000 http://bsmknighterrant.org/?p=7244#comment-7253 Well, I think the idea of getting laptops is good but there's something better coming, if the rumors are true (as we'll find out tomorrow). I am talking about the apple tablet. I see much more benefit in a tablet (again if the rumors are true) than an actual laptop. For instance, teachers already use Smart/Promethean boards in the classroom with much benefit to them, being able to digitize their notes and such. Now what if we each had an apple table with similar capabilities as being able to write on it? We wouldn't have to buy spiral notebooks and we'd get the same benefit as the teachers in the sense we'd digitize our notes and such. There are probably much more interesting features we have yet to discover (again we'll know tomorrow) that would provide tech. support in the classroom. In an interview with CNBC the Macgraw-Hill (http://gizmodo.com/5457588/mcgraw+hill-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-with-iphone+style-os) CEO concluded with some interesting comments about this apple tablet, including they worked with apple on it, hinting to the fact that textbooks would be easily available.--I'll follow this up tomorrow when I can see the full specs. and provide a full argument. Well, I think the idea of getting laptops is good but there’s something better coming, if the rumors are true (as we’ll find out tomorrow). I am talking about the apple tablet. I see much more benefit in a tablet (again if the rumors are true) than an actual laptop. For instance, teachers already use Smart/Promethean boards in the classroom with much benefit to them, being able to digitize their notes and such. Now what if we each had an apple table with similar capabilities as being able to write on it? We wouldn’t have to buy spiral notebooks and we’d get the same benefit as the teachers in the sense we’d digitize our notes and such. There are probably much more interesting features we have yet to discover (again we’ll know tomorrow) that would provide tech. support in the classroom. In an interview with CNBC the Macgraw-Hill (http://gizmodo.com/5457588/mcgraw+hill-ceo-confirms-apple-tablet-with-iphone+style-os) CEO concluded with some interesting comments about this apple tablet, including they worked with apple on it, hinting to the fact that textbooks would be easily available.–I’ll follow this up tomorrow when I can see the full specs. and provide a full argument.

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