In 2009, journalism students at the Missouri School of Journalism had to purchase iPod Touches or iPhones as a required “learning device.” Now the school is considering making purchases of iPads mandatory and the student newspaper strongly opposes the proposed idea. The paper said that the attempt to integrate the new technology failed last time and the school shouldn’t impose any new requirements.
The paper says that students should be able to decide what type of technology they use for their reporting and projects. They compared any type of forced technology purchase to advertising for Apple.
From the paper:
When administrators push every new device in Apple’s product line every couple years, the policies cease to be requirements. They aren’t even friendly recommendations — they’re endorsements.
You can read the paper’s article here.
Do you think students should have to purchase new technologies for school?
