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Maine buys 38,600 ibooks for Public Schools

Posted by chrisd on from the maine-kids-are-31337 dept.

Anderson Silva writes "I just found this piece of news on MacSlash, and since I live in Maine, and I own an ibook, I thought I would pass the word along: The Maine Learning Technology Endowment has announced today that Apple has won the bid to provide Maine 6th, 7th and 8th graders with Apple iBooks and Airport wireless connection points."

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  1. Close call! by Another+MacHack · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hear Microsoft was runner-up to provide the school district with iBooks.

  2. hmmm, social promotion??? by call+-151 · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:
    all seventh grade students and teachers will begin using portable, wireless computers in the Fall of 2002, and all eighth grade students and teachers will be equipped the following year
    And maybe the year after that, the same students will get computers as 9th graders!
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  3. Re:headline should have read... by cygnus · · Score: 2, Funny
    Or hiring teachers that made better than a C average in college?

    hell, if a C average is good enough for our President, it ought to be good enough to teach America's kids!!!

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  4. Re:The cost alone.. by Heem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trust me. I work for a BioTech. Most of the company has at least one PhD. Having a PhD does not make you smart or realize that your computer is not actually plugged into a valid power source.

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  5. Re:Gimmickry and technology by czardonic · · Score: 1, Funny

    Our children will be well-equipped to serve as marketing drones and politicians.

    You need more than computer skills for these professions (yes, even these professions). But don't write off the real world applicability of this program yet. Maybe these iBooks are equipped with keyboards that feature pictures of fast-food items.

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  6. Re:waste by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Besides, if they're going to learn programming, networking or system administration, why Macs? Use a UNIX..."

    Ahem...

  7. Re:Eh ? Point Please ? by BrookHarty · · Score: 2, Funny

    38,600 computers is a pretty large public purchase, so ya, its news worthy.

    But in other news, Bob bought a ibook too.

  8. You need to learn some math by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    36 thousadn laptops at $300 each is not $12,000,000.

    iBooks aren't $300 (unless discounted heavily). They're also not $3,000, unless you buy two for widescreen :p

    It looks like you need to be a bit more Ludditish and stop reading slashdot, and start on your multiplication tables.

  9. Re:The cost alone.. by Nate+Eldredge · · Score: 2, Funny
    I work in the It department for my school...

    Wow! Your school already has an entire department dedicated to that funky scooter-unicycle thing? I heard it was going to take over, but I guess you're really ahead of the curve!

  10. Wow, who knew? by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple won a bid to provide iBooks? I bet the competition was really fierce.

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