The best use for the iPad
is the Kindle or Nook app, that allows kids to download and read books on it.
It's much easier to develop kids as avid readers when they have such
easy access to an endless supply of series books, science fiction, romance,
etc--all the kinds of reading school libraries don't tend to carry.
Avid readers read better,
write better, follow oral arguments better, bring together disparate ideas
better, and have wider frames of reference that make all learning easier.
Is it too expensive to
allow kids to download lots of books? Look at all of the money spent on
other things--school sports, high tech equipment, standardized testing and
curriculum--the list is huge. Just divert a little of that money to give
students an Amazon or B&N account.
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