Leading, Learning and Living in a Flat World

Apple’s Tablet PC for education.

July 27, 2009

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I just got done reading The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content. article by Chris Dawson and was thinking…. How will Apple and others make money in education.
That is the question many have asked and failed to figure out. Unfortunately education is too slow to change to make effective use of cutting edge technology (remember the eMate). Companies do not have the time to make a profit 10 years from when they introduce a product. That is why they will make a killing and change the cell phone industry selling MP3 players that can make calls but will not change education by making computers that can be a textbook.

The solution will be when a company will create entertainment that will educate. The logical thinking game Myst is an old school example. Plenty of others are like it teaching one skill or another. But what happens when Myst XI teaching you HS Physics or Algebra? Crazy but its what the “people” will buy.

Problem / Project based “games” will not only engage students they will CHANGE the way we teach and learn. This will cause kids and parents to buy such devices not schools.

Entry Filed under: Project Based Learning, Rants. Tags: Apple, Chris Dawson.