tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28278131.post6657655159715156776..comments2024-02-01T12:31:52.518-05:00Comments on Personanondata: An iPad in every classroom and for every studentMChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08121709548793388116noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28278131.post-460046925667789482017-02-09T17:13:25.388-05:002017-02-09T17:13:25.388-05:00Quote: "Well, we about outfitted our entire s...Quote: "Well, we about outfitted our entire student body with iPads, 2,800 deployed thus far to our traditional and certain selected graduate programs, loaded with free apps, about 80 learning apps of all different types, around different disciplines."<br /><br />Obvious implication: Our students are too stupid to make these decisions for themselves. We have to do it for them.<br /><br />Quote: "And then we've provided training for our faculty. We actually added two weeks to every faculty-member contract so that one week in May and August would be faculty training in the use of all this technology."<br /><br />Obvious implication: As stupid as our students are, our faculty is even worse. It takes them two weeks to learn what preschoolers master in a few hours on their own.<br /><br />Quote: "So if you're an auditory learner, you might be listening to the faculty member talk about this while I may be sitting next to you watching a video on the same topic and learning."<br /><br />Possible implication: Are they going to put a blindfold on this "audio learner," since he doesn't need the visuals and will the reverse be true for the video learner. In addition since they're simply watching a faculty member talk, why couldn't this take place in a classroom with the professor actually present? That would save the cost of all those iPads and apps. Or conversely, if the presence of a professor is not required, what's the point of spending tens of thousands of dollars to be on campus? Why not just use Khan Academy, Google, Wikipedia and YouTube videos?<br /><br />And yes, there's an even more chilling implication, should this idea actually work. Fire the professor, send the students home, and let them study there.<br /><br />--Michael W. Perry, writer<br /><br /><br />Inklinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272203500649628022noreply@blogger.com