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On 24/12/10 19:18, Alex Mclennan wrote: > now tell the students to write a simple programme on an ipad,can it be done i dont > know i never used one. > alex the noob > > --- On Fri, 24/12/10, Guy Backhouse <hillguy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Guy Backhouse <hillguy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Free ipad to every student???? > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, 24 December, 2010, 18:03 > > On Fri, 2010-12-24 at 01:20 +0000, Simon Williams wrote: >> On 24/12/10 00:26, Dava wrote: >>> Hi, i know we have all touched the subject on open office/MS office with >>> schools etc, its quite a strong topic for some! Well how about this... I >>> have a relative who's daughter attends Liverton Primary school (Newton >>> Abbot) and she (among the other 30 students) have all been given and >>> Ipad FOC! This is ludacris! The money wasted on theses Ipads for the >>> children to use some proprietary, in my opinion, rubbish. Surely the >>> money should be spent elsewhere, maybe on something that will give some >>> sort of "education"! Angry birds anyone??? Sorry for the rant, as you >>> all can probably tell I'm NOT an apple lover at the best of times, but >>> this has pushed me over the edge! >>> >>> I would be interested to hear your views on this? Any similar to mine?? >> >> Even if it was a good idea, I would far rather they lowered the taxes so >> that people could get jobs and buy their own... > > It seems crazy to me too and it has happened over the border in Taunton > too. > > http://www.tauntonpeople.co.uk/schools/School-dishes-free-iPods-600-pupils/story-10195001-detail/story.html > > Guy > > > This looks like ipods though the music devices, sometimes it makes sense, a few of my OU courses have multimedia course content, so being able to listen to audio content on the move (e.g bus) is useful sometimes when you have not got some ignorant idiot blabbing on their mobile all the way home, Don't forget in schools people are learning about ICT which is not just computers but things like multimedia, webcams, video, audio and how to make use of it to communicate information, also web pages, What we don't teach is using the best tools for the job or how to decide on what tools to use, hence we end up stuck in with contracts to use MS office just to write a simple letter. Paul -- Paul Sutton Cert SLPS (Open) http://www.zleap.net 17th September 2011 - Software freedom day -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq