Scotland iBook program

rokrok
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
As reported by macminute:



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School chiefs in Edinburgh, Scotland are planning to adopt a program to provide laptops to every student over the age of nine after being inspired by Governor Angus King's initiative to bring iBooks to every seventh and eighth grader in Maine, according to the Edinburgh News. After an overseas trip to the U.S., city education leader Ewan Aitken claimed that early indications from the program under way at 239 middle schools in Maine had shown the laptops improved discipline, behavior, attendance and attainment. Early estimates of the cost to rolling-out the program are as much as £40 million. According to the article, if the scheme is implemented, it will be one of the first such projects of its scale in Europe, with more than 22,000 children being provided with laptops. Aitken described the visit to schools in Maine and with Apple executives in California as "inspirational." Edinburgh education director Roy Jobson said students in Maine "displayed increased levels of responsibility, independence and creativity" since the laptops were introduced.



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did i read that total right? 40 million POUNDS?!?! holy CRAP! that'll look pretty nice to the bottom line if and when it goes through.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    laptops improve behavior, attendence, discipline and attainment????



    I am not so sure about that. i will probably be playing games on my free ibook if i am their age.



    But then again, its just me <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    Congraulations, young students of Scotland.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    I think the Scots did it just because the Governor of Maine's first name is "Angus."
  • Reply 3 of 5
    idudeidude Posts: 352member
    1. The iBooks in Maine have restrictions up the wazoo. They can't play games or surf to personal websites, etc. Sorry.



    2. Have you heard that they are going to get iBooks? The MacMinute blurb os very vague. It would be great to see more oversee Macs, but all the article states is Laptops, which could very well mean Dells.



    Philip
  • Reply 4 of 5
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    [quote]Originally posted by iDude:

    <strong>1. The iBooks in Maine have restrictions up the wazoo. They can't play games or surf to personal websites, etc. Sorry.



    2. Have you heard that they are going to get iBooks? The MacMinute blurb os very vague. It would be great to see more oversee Macs, but all the article states is Laptops, which could very well mean Dells.



    Philip</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Aitken described the visit to schools in Maine and with Apple executives in California as "inspirational."



    That would lead me to believe they are getting Apples
  • Reply 5 of 5
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    from re-reading the article, it sound like strong hearsay. i.e. they've got this idea, now they have to "go through the apporpriate channels of approval." which, as we all know, may mean this time next year before it actually happens.



    but forty million pounds... let's see, a british pound is about US$2, so that's a US$80 million shot in the arm whenever it happens.



    not too shabby. keep your fingers crossed.
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