{"id":5930,"date":"2016-07-14T13:26:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T13:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5930"},"modified":"2016-06-02T13:27:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T13:27:57","slug":"linked-state-offers-laptops-as-trade-in-for-school-ipads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/07\/14\/linked-state-offers-laptops-as-trade-in-for-school-ipads\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;State offers laptops as trade-in for school iPads&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunjournal.com\/news\/lewiston-auburn\/2016\/05\/19\/state-offering-schools-ipad-trade\/1927446\">via Sun Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>After hearing students and teachers overwhelmingly say iPad computers are used to play games in class, while laptops are better for schoolwork, Auburn and other districts are sending iPads packing and returning to laptops.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This was passed around as a sign that the iPad is a failure. I couldn\u2019t disagree more. The iPad has secured its place in the computing world for millions of people. I use mine every day, multiple times of day. However, I\u2019m not surprised that students prefer laptops. I think the statement that Laptops are better for schoolwork is incorrect. Tablets &amp; notebooks are each different and their strengths are different. There\u2019s a reason I use my laptop all day to do 99% of the text input and research. The iPad serves a different purpose.<\/p>\n<p>If you were to say I could only pick one device between a TV, Phone, Tablet or Notebook, I\u2019d pick notebook every time. I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing in education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Sun Journal: After hearing students and teachers overwhelmingly say iPad computers are used to play games in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-08-30T23:58:07Z","apple_news_api_id":"c6eae3ce-80bb-4c3e-8f5c-0ffafca56485","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-08-30T23:58:07Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AxurjzoC7TD6PXA_6_KVkhQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1xE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4280,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/10\/21\/linked-no-ones-buying-ipads-because-ipads-are-forever\/","url_meta":{"origin":5930,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;No One&#8217;s Buying iPads Because iPads Are Forever&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo:\u00a0 Now try to name one feature the iPad has picked up since iPad 3 that's worth $500, or more likely that's worth the trouble of selling your old iPad to help pay for a new one.\u00a0Thinner? It was already pretty damn thin. Lighter? It was already pretty damn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1842,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/03\/15\/i-still-dont-think-apple-has-found-the-sweet-spot-for-the-ipads-usage\/","url_meta":{"origin":5930,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;I still don\u2019t think Apple has found the sweet spot for the iPad\u2019s usage&#8230;&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I wrote an iPad review on August 20th of last year. In that review, I wrote: I\u2019ve already decided that iPad is not for getting work done. It\u2019s meant to be a free-time machine. A machine that is there for you when you want to consume content. A machine that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Technology","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"iPad 2 Launch- Austin, TX (At SXSW 2011)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5220\/5518878198_0dc3421ffe_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5220\/5518878198_0dc3421ffe_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5220\/5518878198_0dc3421ffe_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6663,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/21\/linked-san-francisco-restaurant-serves-truffles-plated-on-ipads-playing-a-video-about-truffle-hunting-dogs\/","url_meta":{"origin":5930,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;San Francisco Restaurant Serves Truffles Plated on iPads Playing a Video About Truffle Hunting Dogs&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via LaughingSquid: Quince, the newly minted three-star Michelin rated San Francisco restaurant, is offering their diners a truly interactive appetizer. Entitled \u201cA Dog Searching for Gold\u201c, the dish offers a \u201cwhite truffle croquettes on iPad Pros playing videos of water dog on the truffle-hunt\u201d per a message sent to Richie\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5182,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/03\/linked-microsoft-surface-book-review-so-good-i-might-switch-back-to-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":5930,"position":3},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Microsoft Surface Book Review: So Good, I Might Switch Back to Windows&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Gizmodo: It\u2019s an aspirational concept, both for users and for the company itself. Flatly, a $1500 laptop is never going to reach the bulk of Microsoft\u2019s customers, most of whom will probably use sub-$1000 Windows 10 machines from third-party manufacturers. But it\u2019s there as a totem, representing an idea\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3648,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/apple-sold-3-million-ipads-in-15-daysnot-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":5930,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Apple sold 3 million iPads in 15 days\u2026not 3.","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This post is for everyone but mostly for GadgetDon who is a friend that I've known for 9 years and is an expert in such matters and took my tweets earlier the wrong way. I still encourage everyone to read it. 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