It will only be appropriate to give school officials in Los Angeles credit for a good idea; putting iPads in the hands of over 650,000 students.
By Chris Morris
The plan – to give them the most advanced learning tools available in an effort to boost their interest in academics. But same [the $1 billion plan] seems to have cropped up debates, after students in the nation’s second-largest school district cracked the tablets’ security settings – forgoing reading, writing and ‘rithmetic – and prefer to post on Facebook and play games during class time.
“They kind of should have known this would happen,” said Maria Aguilera, a student at one of the schools where games briefly replaced academia. “We’re high school students after all. I mean, come on.”
The top game choices? Temple Run, Subway Surfing and an unnamed car racing game.
The program’s goal is to put an iPad in the hands of every student and teacher in the district’s 1,000 schools by next year. Officials say they were hoping to assist students in a district where 80 percent of the students come from low-income families.
While some might shrug their shoulders and give the kids credit for pulling a fast one on officials, others are taking on the Los Angeles Unified School District for trying to do, too fast.
“It doesn’t seem like there was much planning that went into this strategy,” said Renee Hobbs, director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island.
Apple has worked with several school districts around the country to incorporate the iPad into the classroom.
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