Tech Hungry Students and Teachers “Donate to Educate”

Georgia based nonprofit organization has launched a new “Donate to Educate” program targeting the 15 million 1st generation iPads to be used in the classroom.

According to 19 year old visionary Travis Allen, Founder and President of the iSchool Initiative, the successful debut of the iPad 2 has planted the seeds to transform our struggling public education system in the post PC world. With analysts projecting over 35 million iPad 2’s being sold this year the iSchool Initiative has their eye firmly fixed on the 1st generation iPads which will soon be changing hands.

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With analysts projecting over 35 million iPad 2’s being sold this year the iSchool Initiative has their eye firmly fixed on the 1st generation iPads which will soon be changing hands.


Allen’s iSchool Initiative was recently featured on CNN where he boldly predicted the end of textbooks in the classroom. He believes that students are speaking a new digital language. With Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging, texting and location based mobile applications, they have constant access to the most current and relevant digital information at the tip of their fingers. That is, until they arrive in the classroom. Sadly, most public institutions today look the same way they have for decades. In fact, most schools are still discouraging kids from bringing in digital devices to class. That’s exactly what happened to Travis Allen when he tried to use his iPhone to better his learning experience while attending public high school in 2009.


In response to this mounting challenge, the iSchool Initiative has ambitious plans to place tens of thousands of iPad’s and other mobile learning devices with tech starved teachers and students nationwide. The iSchool Initiative’s new “Donate to Educate” program will play a critical role in better preparing students for today’s fast paced digital world.
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Source: Literacy News

Allen’s iSchool Initiative was recently featured on CNN where he boldly predicted the end of textbooks in the classroom. He believes that students are speaking a new digital language. With Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogging, texting and location based mobile applications, they have constant access to the most current and relevant digital information at the tip of their fingers. That is, until they arrive in the classroom. Sadly, most public institutions today look the same way they have for decades. In fact, most schools are still discouraging kids from bringing in digital devices to class. That’s exactly what happened to Travis Allen when he tried to use his iPhone to better his learning experience while attending public high school in 2009.

In response to this mounting challenge, the iSchool Initiative has ambitious plans to place tens of thousands of iPad’s and other mobile learning devices with tech starved teachers and students nationwide. The iSchool Initiative’s new “Donate to Educate” program will play a critical role in better preparing students for today’s fast paced digital world.
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Source: Literacy News and iSchoolinitiative's Channel (YouTube)