Thing #7b

In my Google Reader I found an article about Should Schools Require Students to Purchase Specific Technology? This article was about how there is a lot of technology, hardware, and software for educators and students to use in school, but some schools are trying to push certain brands of technology tools onto students. Whether it be ipod touches, iphones, or laptops, many students can use other tools of technology to do the same kinds of programs. It stated that it shouldn't matter what brand the technology is, but what the operating sytem can do. People should be able to use whatever they feel comfortable with using. Some schools were requiring students to use ipod touches and iphones for their studies and projects when many smart phones can do basically the same thing. A study was done about the different types of educational applications available on the iphone had some type of counterpart on many other different systems. Why spend money when you don't really have to?