Thursday, March 17, 2011

If only they'd consult the professors first...

From the Chronicle of Higher Education, March 13, 2011

iPads Could Hinder Teaching, Professors Say
Rival tablet PC's foster more interactivity, studies suggest. But students' craving for the Apple devices could matter more.

http://chronicle.com/article/iPads-for-College-Classrooms-/126681

Interesting article if you get a chance to read it.

Do we know if CSU's CIO has instituted a survey of faculty responses to the use of the iPads that the Board of Trustees asked for at its meeting in December?

Imagine what $750,000 (for the ipads) + $140,000 (for the seemingly defunct flatscreen tvs--lipstick on a pig in those brokendown old classrooms of ours)would have bought in the way of upgrading our so-called "smart" classrooms, not to mention benefitting more students at the university.

And, hasn't the new iPad just come out this week?

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