Paper and Pencils Are Old School When You Have iPads in the Classroom

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. _ At Monte Vista Christian School, his­tory text­books could soon be a relic of the past. Ditto for tomes on biol­ogy and English lit­er­a­ture. And spiral-bound note­books and pens _ who needs them?

They’re so old school when you have a 16GB iPad, and Monte Vista has 60 of the lat­est must-have tech­nol­ogy from Apple for use in class­rooms. The iPads were intro­duced Thursday to advanced place­ment stu­dents who will par­tic­i­pate in a pilot project. If all goes well, Headmaster Stephen Sharp antic­i­pates replac­ing heavy and expen­sive text­books with cheaper, inter­ac­tive e-versions. (more…)