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iCranks jokes aside, the biggest point that's important is that great teachers with decent tech can make wonders but great tech can't necessarily fix broken tea

iCranks jokes aside, the biggest point that's important is that great teachers with decent tech can make wonders but great tech can't necessarily fix broken teachers. Well, the education marketplace in the U.S. is not that organized and I can't think of that many great apps out there I would personally use in an academic setting. The reason why I think Apple has a whack at this because the iPad is very primal in the way you interact with the device; but the App store is what makes the iPxx successful.

thwarted 17y ago
You think Apple has a whack at bringing technology into the classroom/education because the interaction is primal? Never mind that Apple has traditionally had a major share of the education market, I don't think specific technology or UX/UI is the major hindrance to continued/increased use of computers in the classroom, it has more to do with finances, politics, perception of what it means to be "computer-literate", the lack of applications that are truly educational (rather than mostly rote memorization and bookkeeping (the kind that exist now that we agree that we wouldn't use in an academic setting)).