Published: 7 Jan 13 17:03 CET | Print version
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Local education officials in Sweden are moonlighting for an Apple-supported project which promotes the company's products in Swedish schools, leading to concerns the extra gig presents a conflict of interests.
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Is it a monopoly by Apple?
The same things goes for police.. How do they expect to keep an honest police force that is responsible for our safety paying them such misery?
Such a shame it has come to where you now shove a Ipad onto a kid to learn, just like placing a TV infront of a child instead of proper interaction where they can ask questions and be corrected in a proper manner.
The argument between Windows PC and Apple will always continue,the argument about school budgets,however, should have never been allowed to start.The statement "This clearly risks denting the public's trust in the system." is somewhat absurd. Anyone who knows anything about data knows the system has been well and truly train wrecked!
Purchasers of school equipment should have no personal financial interest in the placement of the order and it is parents who should choose whether their child below 13 years of age has a WinPC or Apple.
Notwithstanding the prevalence of Apple products in our house, I feel uneasy about the fact that an App (education or otherwise) will only appear on an Ipad once it has been approved by Apple.
Who's to say that in a few years, some over zealous creationist at Apple, stops the distributions of an educational app that advocates evolutionary theory. At the very least, let users decide what educational App they can download. Google Android gives its users the freedom to download Apps from "non-Market sources".
I'm not trying to start a flame war, merely trying open a discussion as to whether a company the preaches complete control over what may be used on its devices should have a major role in our children's education. Let Apple participate by all means, by remove their right of veto.