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If you see iPads as a hindrance to education, you are a terrible teacher. If I had been given access to an iPad at age 10, I would have been completely, endless
by nihonde 10y ago
If you see iPads as a hindrance to education, you are a terrible teacher. If I had been given access to an iPad at age 10, I would have been completely, endlessly obsessed with the possibilities of it. As it was, I had access to a TRS80 at that age, and I had to fight the fussy old math teacher to get access to it, let alone any meaningful instruction or encouragement to match my curiosity. Meanwhile, the same teachers kept an Apple II in their office strictly off limits from students except their favorites. Even if it isn't your favorite tool in 2017, an iPad is literally the kind of thing I dreamt of when I was a kid. If you can't make that work in the classroom, you're failing.
- forgotpwtomain 10y ago> If you see iPads as a hindrance to education, you are a terrible teacher. Personal attacks are frowned upon here.
- nihonde 10y agoPeople who live in glass houses...
- forgotpwtomain 10y ago> If I had been given access to an iPad at age 10, I would have been completely, endlessly obsessed with the possibilities of it... You could have very well made the rest of your point without the personal attack, which was quite unnecessary and unfounded.
- lou1306 10y agoCan you code (and teach how to code) on an iPad in an efficient and effortless way? The "terrible teacher" didn't just bash on the device, they listed some use cases for which it is clearly not the best tool around.