Ever since the Ipad came out, I have been hearing about schools and districts implementing Ipads into their curricula. Most of these schools purchase an Ipad for roughly every teacher and student in their school.

What are your thoughts and positions about Ipad programs in primary education?

A cursory consideration has made me consider the following issues:

• The schools mandating that students purchase and Ipad vs purchasing them for the entire school

• The cost

• The educational benefits of an Ipad

• Are they age appropriate

• Comparison with other available and comparable technologies

• Comparison with other teaching methods

• How communities and companies justify these programs (P.R. and media)

Well, what do you think Reddit? What are the pro's and con's?

(I'm really more interested in primary school--pre-K through high school--but I know many colleges and, especially, medical schools are doing similar things)