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"Could iPads in schools end textbook dramas?
This is the
debate raging in education circles as technology enters the classrooms and
universities prepare to enrol the first batch of techno-savvy “Born-frees” –
people born after 1994 – next year." summarizes Bongekile Macupe.
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| Photo: Independent Online |
And parents must prepare to fork out for their kids to
benefit from the iPad revolution in class. How this cost will be added to
tuition and other fees remains to be seen.
Some private schools have already jumped on the
technology bandwagon and integrated iPads into their teaching.
But while some pupils and teachers look forward to this
brave new world in schools, some experts say SA is not ready for the
technological overhaul of the education system, and that it may take a long time
before it is fully implemented.
One of them is education specialist Michael Rice, who
said teachers were indispensable, adding: “If the teacher is useless, the
technology will be useless.”
Source: Independent Online
