One thing I like about Apple is that they are happy to jettison the past in order to make way for the future. The opposite can be said for educational ICT, which doggedly clings to legacy technology. T. The thing that depresses me about using Macs in schools is that the software teachers use all day long is Microsoft Office, a bloated and ageing necessary evil that was originally released on the Macintosh in 1989. Or that we’re still using SMARTBoards that require a USB-serial connector. And that we’re having to run a Windows virtual machine in order to support PC-only software that was released circa 2003.
What I’m looking forward to about starting to use iPads in September is that legacy is excluded. You can’t keep doing things the old way but instead have to embrace the new. Instead of Word, Pages. Instead of SMARTBoards, video mirroring to your screen of choice. Instead of Windows-only handwriting software, all manner of interactive letter-forming apps. Well that’s the dream anyway.
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