Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

As if Apple wasn’t everywhere already, it may be invading your campus soon.
 

More and more colleges are choosing to hand out iPods and iPhones to incoming students. School officials claim it has to do with integrating technology with education and all that, but there may be an ulterior motive.
 

The New York Times explains:

While schools emphasize its usefulness — online research in class and instant polling of students, for example — a big part of the attraction is, undoubtedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit with students. Basking in the aura of a cutting-edge product could just help a university foster a cutting-edge reputation.

So basically schools are looking to buy our affection. And if it comes with an iPhone, our affection is for sale.
 

Universities getting in on the wireless action include University of Maryland, Freed-Hardeman University, Abilene Christian University and Oklahoma Christian University.
 

Clearly, Jesus loves Apple too.
 

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I believe the mild mannered rambler left his nuggets at home today. If you investigate the programs, you will see its not about gadgets and gimmicks, its about teaching our youth in a way they want to learn as opposed to trying to force them into a method that was state of the art in 1894. Posted 08/22/2008 12:29 PMReply

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