by Fruzsina Eordogh, Walletpop
The huge push to incorporate technology in the classroom reaches beyond colleges or universities. And while computer labs are everywhere, it’s troubling to see so little use of technology in the classroom when every other person has a smart phone these days. Kids are growing up on technology, so why not teach them with that technology? Unfortunately, incorporating technology comes at an enormous cost. The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) recently announced that it would provide each incoming freshman an iPad. You may be thinking that is a little excessive, or an expensive marketing tool, and for many other colleges such as Seton Hall University or George Fox University it appears that way. Despite costing the university $250,000, IIT justifies the give-away by pointing to its new mobile application course, and stresses the purchase of the iPad (at $499) will not raise tuition. But if it doesn’t come from a tuition increase, where will the money come from?
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/05/22/classroom-technology-important-but-costly/
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