San Diego Schools Spend $10M on iPads for Students
Imagine having to lug one of these around instead of a huge backpack stuffed with books
Technology • June 2012 • Views: 1,212
The purchase, reported by several local media outlets, is said to be one of the largest educational iPad rollouts in the U.S. K-12 market. The 26,000 iPads will be spread out in 340 classrooms starting this fall.
Apple’s push to get iPads and digital textbooks in the classroom appears to be paying off. The SDUSD was able to draw on funding though Proposition S, a fund approved in 2008 by a 69 percent vote, dedicated to getting classrooms up-to-date technology.