Schools Will Have More Tablets Than Computers by 2016
Submitted by ANGELA PASCOPELLA on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 3:45pm
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A new report reveals that most US schools are testing tablet devices, with the aim of having more tablets per students than computers by 2016.
Piper Jaffray’s Tablets in the Classroom study saw the researcher question 25 educational IT directors, all of which said that they were using iPads in their schools.
This statistic contrasted sharply with the popularity of Android, as not one single school reported that they were testing or deploying Android tablets.
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Bad study...
While I agree with the growth of tablets in general, the study cited is rediculous. The author was quoted in another article I read as saying "the sample size of 25 is small, but so is the population of education technology decision makers"...
Excuse me? 25 out of at least 15,000 and probably much more than that? Also, the survey "sample" was taken among attendees of a specific event and he was surprised that he received consistent answers. There was no attempt at a statistically valid sample.
Growth of tablets in schools
I also agree that we will see increased usage of tablets in schools. However, this was not a study. It was a survey with an N so small that it is completely insignificant. I am surprised that D.A. would report on it at all.