Stephen Sharp, headmaster of the Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, has a dream. He wants to cut down on the cost of books that the school lays out each year. He also has a plan. Buy brand new iPads instead of books, and then rent digital copies of the books for the students at a fraction of the cost. This way, he claims, the iPads will pay for themselves in about a year.
Sharp is starting with 70 iPads as an experiment in the school. If it succeeds, he plans to up the number to 700, one for each student.
It certainly will have an impact on school culture. Gone are the days when gallant young men would offer to carry the love of their life’s books home from school. “Can I carry your Pad?” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Read more at CBS5.
