Students starting their first year at Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Connecticut, will receive help from the latest educational technology, reported Brookfield Patch. Instead of textbooks, the incoming freshmen will be provided with iPads.
The tablets will cost $500 each, claimed the news source, and some of this cost will be absorbed by a grant given to the Brookfield High School chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America. School officials maintained the devices will yield a significant return on investment, as they may replace costly textbooks that need to be updated every couple of years.
While there may be some upfront costs associated with the devices, experts state educational technology and its ability to empower student learning will likely pay off in spades. Therefore, Brookfield teachers may find their students' abilities to learn greatly enhanced by the iPads and may consider petitioning the district for other devices, such as a graphing calculator, an e-reader or an HDMI projector.
Program planners are anxious to see the initiative begin in the fall.
"The iPad is going to become part and parcel of how we deliver our program at the high school," Art Coley, business technology director for Brookfield's school district, told the media outlet.
