| Even Apple is acknowledging that the 'iPads in education' fad is coming to an end |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| "A disaster." "Largely gaming devices." "Students use them as toys. Word processing is near to impossible." "WE NEED LAPTOPS!!!" These were the findings from a survey of high school students and teachers in a district in the US state of Maine on how effective iPads were for learning and teaching. Almost 90% of teachers and 74% of students preferred laptops over tablets, according to the Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal. Even Apple has bent to the will of students and teachers. Following the poll, the tech giant and Maine's Department of Education are now offering schools in the state the chance to trade in iPads ordered in 2013 for new MacBook Air laptops, at no additional cost. |
| Source: Quartz (USA) | Published: May 25th, 2016 |
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