I’ve written posts before objecting to public schools starting iPad pilot programs. My main argument was that they don’t have the funds to follow through and give every student an iPad. Well, yesterday I came across a school district outside of Minneapolis that just proved me right.
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More details emerge on the iPad pilot programs
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot, press release
You might have caught the launch of the Inkling digital textbook iPad app a couple weeks ago. I just came across a new detail today that most of the stories on Inkling seemed to have missed. Do you recall the iPad pilot programs I’ve been posting about? Well, according to the Inkling press release 4 [...]
DeVry, Oklahoma State to run iPad pilot programs
July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · ipad pilot
First off, the reason I know that Devry (a private university with 100k students ) are running an iPad pilot is because while I was at the ALA Conference, I bumped into the woman who runs it. She couldn’t give me details about the iPad pilot, unfortunately. That’s understandable. DeVry are a private corporation and [...]
E-Reader Pilot Programs are popping up all over
April 18th, 2010 · No Comments · digitization projects
I’ve found a bunch of e-reader pilot programs recently. That’s great, but I do wish there were more signs that people have moved beyond experimentation and into common usage.
More Results From the Kindle Textbook Pilot Programs
March 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news
The story I found this morning about the Kindle DX pilot program at UVA reminded me that it wasn’t the only pilot last fall. I’ve found reports on several of the pilots, and I’ll write them up as I get the chance. Princeton University released the final report on their e-reader pilot last month. You [...]
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