Response to “Why some schools are Selling their iPads”

After reading this article I agree with the iPad not being the best interactive device for learning. This article had me thinking again about technology in classrooms. Laptop tablets are a great substitute to iPads. Now I have both an iPad and also a Google Chromebook. I never touch my iPad because I get so frustrated eveytime I go and use it because it never allows me to do what I want to do. I have a difficult time opening some programs and typing on it. Now my Chromebook I absolutely love. It’s great because it’s super light and everything is right on your Google drive, which saves automatically so you don’t have to worry about losing any of your information. The ipad is great for apps which the Chromebook does lack, so I will give the iPad that point there. Chromebooks are also a lot cheaper than iPads. an iPad is usually around $500 where I bought my Chromebook for about $230, which as you can see is a huge price difference. I really liked the quote in this article, “Students saw the iPad as a ‘fun’ gaming environment, while the Chromebook was perceived as a place to ‘get to work’.” This statement in my opinion is 100 percent correct because on the iPad students could get distracted with all the apps and very overwhelmed and have a difficult time focusing. I know I do when I go on my iPad, even my iPhone. Whereas on the Chromebook it is perceived as place to work because there are no apps on it for the students to mess around with. Overall, my reaction to this article is that I agree that there are better devices out there to be used in classrooms than the iPad.