Australian Schools Go iPad-Crazy

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like it's not just Apple fanboys that are going wild for the iPad: in Australia, virtually every state education department is trialling the tablet in schools — and some schools are even trialling it without the official support of their department. One university in Adelaide has even abolished textbooks for first year science students and is allocating free iPads to first year students instead. It will be interesting to see what happens when the inevitable wave of Android tablets hits over the next six months."

No.

[Smekarn]

"It will be interesting to see what happens when the inevitable wave of Android tablets hits over the next six months."

No.. Not really.

Re:iPad Lost Generation

[Allnighte]

When I was going to school, some people with laptops were playing games in class, too. Does this mean employers should avoid graduates from the classes of 2002-2008 as well?

You've summed up the reason for our high unemployement rate with two sentences. Congratulations!

Re:Interactive Can Be an Awesome Teacher.

[zwarte piet]

F=M*A can be used by terrorists to create ballistic weapons. Chemistry can be used by terrorist to create bombs. Terrorist info is banned from i-pads.

Re:Waste of Money

[Rogerborg]

For the record, I disagree with your point, but will defend to the death your right to angry-old-geezer-slap those damn kids these days.