U of Maine To Require iBooks For Teachers-To-Be
Peter Cohen, MacWorld
May 11, 2005
excerpt: The University of Maine College of Education and Human Development has announced plans to require students working towards Maine teacher certification to have Apple iBooks. The program dovetails with the state of Maine’s own Learning Technology Initiative, where all students and teachers in seventh and eighth grades in Maine public schools also have iBooks.
The requirement kicks in for first-year teaching students with the Fall 2005 semester. In addition to the Maine Technology Learning Initiative, the Teacher Education Faculty at the school cited Mac OS X’s reduced vulnerability to viruses compared to Windows PCs as a contributing factor in their decision.
College Dean Robert Cobb said that Maine was setting the standard in education technology reform. “Clearly, it is essential that aspiring teachers understand and know how and when to use wireless laptop technology in the teaching and learning process,” said Cobb in a statement.
Posted by Jessica Millstone at May 20, 2005 02:17 PM