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The ipad pro pen is good but the damn pen costs as much as an android tablet. Never used a pen on a normal ipad.
People with no high speed internet are also unlikely to have bluetooth input devices. The cheapest solution is likely old school and write out the assignment on paper, take pictures of the sheets and send them in.
Yes I agree with that, and if people who are given ipads, probably do not have extra keyboards around or the techincial know how to hook them up. But I thought it was for your kid etc, just letting you know of an option.
Our kids school (K-8) was planning on distributing all portable devices they had to students. Not sure if that is in addition to the provincial ipads, a stop-gap until they arrive or if that has been canned after douggie wrote a cheque. I agree, it makes no sense to have many many devices sitting unused in schools while other devices are purchased.
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Except that they aren't "developing" anything. Both of my kids teachers are online for 1 hour a day (grade 7 and 8). There is 30 to 45 minutes of "discussion" time, then the teacher assigns a couple of lessons from an independent online resource that was pre existing to covid19.
I was surprised at the coverage of high speed outside of urban areas. Some places I thought there would be no way and it had it (we bought one of those) others places I expected to have it and didnt. I was also surprised at the lack of useful maps that let you see what was available where. Most providers want you to call with a postal code to discuss. That is annoying when you are looking at half a dozen possible locations.
I don't use video most of the time. It's defocussing.
This is Kindergarten and teachers that are still working on translating what they know into what they can deliver. For instance, physical books shot on a camera as opposed to a digital book and screen sharing which could be much clearer and use less bandwidth. I'm not crapping on them yet, they are learning as they go and it's easier for some people to think of alternate solutions while others focus on replicating traditional teaching online. Just different ways minds work.
I hear you. I live less than 11 miles from the 401 as the crow flies, north of Kingston. You'd think living that close to the "lifeline of the country" we'd have decent internet, and cell service. Nope. Satellite internet that craps out in bad weather and is slow at the best of times, and until they put a new tower at the far end of the lake, we had to drive to the top of a nearby hill to get cell coverage. Even now, once the leaves come on, we'll be spotty. I think the push should be for reliable coverage for everyone with a reasonable speed, before we spend any money on getting 5G for people that already have exceptional speed anyway. If you really think you need 5G, banks and online traders etc., then you pay to get the infrastructure installed and let Rogers, Bell etc. spend their money getting everyone else into the 21st century.
I got circulated that a new Rogers tower was going up within xxx meters of my house. I think the intent was to give me a chance to complain. I'm all for it. Cell phones at home without wi-fi calling turned on are horrible. Bad quality calls and they drop all the time.
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