Originally posted by BoredBloke
View Post
My wife has a surface. I think its 
-
Yet another teacher wants an iPad but doesn't know why...
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
-
Because people instinctively know they're great!Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostYet another teacher wants an iPad but doesn't know why...
The CloudOn app offers MS Office compatibility and links into DropBox and other Cloud services too. Very nice, although I've not used it in anger, just to view docs.Comment
-
Mrs (PE teacher) has got one for work - mostly gets used for candy-crush but I believe they can use it for registers etc, and allows a VPN onto the school network - which I guess would be useful...Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostYet another teacher wants an iPad but doesn't know why...
Wouldn't pay for one myself though if I were a teacher, get much more use out of a PC / laptop."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
-
Hardly:Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostYet another teacher wants an iPad but doesn't know why...
Anyway, depending on the age being taught, there are some useful teaching applications available. Our school uses iPad mini's in Reception and Nursery because they are easy to use when assessing pupils.Originally posted by d000hg View PostComment
-
I have an iPad and use CloudOn | brings Microsoft Office(R) to your favorite device, MS has just launched an Official version of Office for iOS devices but it requires an Office 365 subscriptionOriginally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyComment
-
Get one of the new Haswell based Ultrabooks - VAIO Pro 13 with neat extra battery up to 18 hours - just over a kilo without extra battery, and 1.3 kg with
Comment
-
All the schools I visited (crap gig) had suites of £2k Imac's all running windows applications, the teachers had iPads which they used for eBay during their breaks.
The head teacher at one school asked me to get MS office working on his new Macbook Air.
I'm not doubting that apple make good products, it just annoys me when schools blow their budget on expensive kit just because it looks nice.
Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
-
I agree - I argued at the school where I am a governor that we could do better by buying Android tablets which run the same assessment software as the iPads, as buying iPads.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostI'm not doubting that apple make good products, it just annoys me when schools blow their budget on expensive kit just because it looks nice.
Despite being on the budget committee, and the IT team, my views were ignored because people "know how to use an iPad".
We aren't a rich school, either, which is why I'd hoped we could save some money here.
That all said - my sister bought her own iPad Mini for use in school because her school (current budget surplus £200k which needs to be spent before September when they become an academy) wouldn't buy one.Comment
-
Not exactly challenging, given that you just buy MS Office for Mac and install it.Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostComment
Comment