The question had always been Mac or PC, but since the iPad came out it is almost like another kind of computer. I think it is a great idea for students to have iPads in class. They cost so much less that laptops and most of the millions of apps they have are free. If schools were to get iPads instead of laptops they would be saving about 50% of what they would be paying for students to have laptops. I feel that there are two downfalls to having students have iPads. iPad's are much more delicate than laptops and high school students aren't really graceful people. The iPads will definitely break if dropped on the floor with no case. Also I feel like the iPad has the capability to becoming very distracting. Of course students will be distracted with laptops anyway but most have worked on laptops before or know how to use them because they are just like any other computer only portable. iPad's are new, and many students haven't even played on the iPad for more than 10 minutes. It will defiantly take a while for students to get used to it and not getting distracted by all the apps they can get. I don’t think iPads are hard to learn how to use, I just think they have so many capabilities that it’s hard not to get distracted. Even though these downfalls are very important I think that the iPad still should be the choice for a high school learning technology because when the kids graduate and have careers, who know what technology will be out then.
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