Another Day? Must be time for another iSchool District!

In a state where everything is bigger, McAllen Independent School District in Texas has big plans - an iPad for each of its 27,000 students, one of the biggest undertakings of 1-to-1 mobile computing that I am aware of.  A relatively poor district (67% poverty rate) on the Mexican border with a vision and an ability to connect with folks for support will pay dividends for each of its students.  You can read the story from mysanantonio.com below:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Valley-school-district-makes-a-digital-leap-in-3467776.php#page-2

Another Day, Another iSchool District

Hats off to Franklin Township in New Jersey for becoming the latest iSchool District.  Under the leadership of Superintendent Broadus Davis, next fall each student in the school district will be receiving their own iPad 3 to use in school. You can read about the initiative in New Jersey at this link:

http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/04/franklin_school_to_provide_ipa.html

IPad 3 and/or Mini IPad Releases

Have you heard about the New IPad 3 scheduled for release early next year?  There is a lot of talk about the IPad 3, as well as possible release of a smaller IPad.  I'd be first in line for an IPad Mini.  As much as I like working with IPods in our classrooms, I hate having to pull out my glasses to read the screen or enlarge the text to the point I can't read a whole line of text.  Check out the latest rumors at:

http://www.periscopepost.com/2011/12/apple-to-launch-smaller-ipad-next-year-maybe/