Apple and T-Mobile to Supply 1 Million iPads to California Students

[I7guy]

I wonder what the other 84% of CA students think, and what the other 49 states filled with students think.

Those 16% are lucky?

 

[Plutonius]

I wonder what the other 84% of CA students think, and what the other 49 states filled with students think.

I doubt that it gives any of them any concern.

 

[dk001]

Very nice gesture! Let's hope they fix iTunes download meanwhile to help the students without an expensive internet and so many others!

Internet access is one of the biggest stumbling blocks and there is no money in the budget to help.

 

[dk001]

California is responsible for a great deal of the United States' economy, farming, and of course, cinema. You can drive for around 6 hours from Los Angeles toward San Francisco and see farm land.

Hopefully, this initiative will help students. As bad as California's schools are, they need to be improved, and this virus has given everyone a chance to improve, and to reconsider what school means.

Gotta convince the Teachers Union first.
Best of luck.

 

[dk001]

You referred to distance learning, which means virtual classrooms, which means there will be a platform-independent solution. Not really a difficult concept to digest. If it is, let me help: works with desktops, laptops (including Chromebooks), and tablets (including iPads).

Exactly.
My granddaughter starts 1st grade soon, distance learning, and they can use any platform as long as it can run Zoom and Classdojo.

 

[m4mario]

CA doesn't. 10% of the water supply is used by residents. Most of the rest goes to farms. IDK why a technically desert land has so many farms, plus none of them use efficient irrigation techniques. I'm never buying any assertion that we're lacking water and I need to take 5 minute showers if they aren't doing their part.

California has so many farms because of the weather. It’s cheaper to get water than to control weather over large areas of land.

 

[MartyvH]

And they will all be managed by a single instance of Apple Configurator 2. Those Lightning cables and the multi-charger will get a workout but it's all taken care of by Apple.

 

[damphoose]

No they should just not BUY the wrong tool for the job even if it’s subsidized to some unknown degree (also hope they subsidize those $20 lightning cables when the wee ones try and use their iPad and the cable breaks - and don’t lose that $$$ power adapter)

Great. YOU think its the wrong tool for the job. Forgive me if I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.
The distance learning is not platform dependent. Ironically, platform independence is one of the driving factors for Chromebooks. If you’re done evangelizing Chromebooks, we get it, Chromebooks good, iPads bad.

 

[TrevorR90]

So much hate for California in this thread.... And I'm from the east coast!

 

[burgerrecords]

Forgive me if I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.

or just have like have a different anecdotal experience bro.