In one of the nation’s largest tablet deployments, the San Diego Unified School District is purchasing 25,700 iPads for use in 340 5th-8th grade classrooms plus some high school classes.
The district will spend $15 million on iPads and has already spent more than $35 million on netbooks. Administrators requested switching to the iPad because the devices have no boot up time, have a larger screen, longer battery life and can use a large array of educational apps.
Teachers will receive training in the use of the device and educational apps. The iPads will have access to the district cloud where they can access files from the netbooks and instructors’ tablets.
There are 1.5 million iPads already in use at schools across the country. Experts caution that teachers need to be prepared to incorporate the devices into their curriculum.
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