| iPad No Longer Optional |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Beginning in the fall of 2011, students at The Webb School of Knoxville will be carrying more than just books and binders with them to school everyday. That's because the private K-12 school in Tennessee is making Apple iPads mandatory on campus and asking all students in fourth grade or higher to either buy or lease a device for the coming school year. Rekindling Interest in 1:1 Computing The implementation of mandatory iPads has been a long time coming, according to Jim Manikas, technology director for the 1,050-student school. Administrators and teachers have been mulling over a 1:1 computer program for the last 17 years, said Manikas, "but it's just never been the right time for an actual implementation." |
| Source: T.H.E. Journal (USA) | Published: February 24th, 2011 |
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