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Rick West

What's the ideal tablet size? - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    A good article about the different sizes of tablets and the strengths and weaknesses of each size.
Rick West

The Low-Cost Tablet Invasion | Tim Bajarin | PCMag.com - 0 views

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    1:1 tablets coming soon
Rick West

8 Things Tablets Still Can't Do -- InformationWeek - 1 views

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    ipads are great, but what can't they do?
Rick West

48% of top iPad apps are not available for Android tablets - Stabley Times | Stabley Times - 0 views

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    Apps do not come to Android until a couple of years after Apple
Laura Mortensen

The Benefit and Danger of Education Technology | Edudemic - 0 views

  • What many people don’t understand however is that it also threatens the uniquely American ideals of democracy and equality.
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      I think it's going a bit far to say this. 
  • When classrooms adopt iPads or other tablets in lower grades amongst younger students, the possibility that those students will be left behind in terms of the greater society decreases dramatically
  • If low-income students are unlucky enough to attend schools which can’t fund technology purchases, the chance that they’ll find a way out of a low income life becomes less likely.
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  • If a student graduates high school without at least a rudimentary and working knowledge of new technologies, their future starts looking a lot less bright.
  • But increasingly, even menial entry level jobs require much more computer literacy than what some disadvantaged students are getting in schools.
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