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Old 03-16-2012, 12:12 PM   #3
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I just had this conversation with a school board member and a principal. The answer is marketing. Neither was aware of any alternative. The principal already had an iPad and could not understand why the schools would not spend 'a couple bucks more' to get each kid one.

My suggestion was to insist on a platform independent solution so that the schools could 1) let the kids use their own readers, and 2) the schools could put their hardware out to bid each cycle without worrying about compatability.
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