The document outlines some disadvantages of using iPads in the classroom, including that they are very expensive to purchase for an entire class or school, costing over $10,000 for 20 iPads and over $120,000 to provide one for each of 240 students. Ipads can also be distracting for students during lessons and interfere with teaching, as students may use them for gaming instead of learning. Ipads are also easily broken and difficult to repair.

1. DISADVANTAGES OF
IPADS IN THE
CLASSROOM
Meagan Mason
Frostburg State University
March 8, 2012

2. iPads are very expensive.
It would cost $10,000 to have
20 iPads in a classroom.
Multiply that by the number
of students in the school and
it would cost $120,000 for 240
students to each have an iPad.

3. Who will cover the cost?
•Government
•County
•Individual schools
•Parents

4. iPads can be:
• distracting to
students during
lessons.
• an interference
while the teacher
is teaching.
• used as a
gaming devise
during school
time.

5. iPads are
easily
broken and
not easily
fixed

6. Works Cited
• Cook, L. (2011). iPad use not prevalent; May not serve purpose
in class. redandblack.com. Retrieved from:
http://redandblack.com/2011/04/05/ipad-use-not-prevalent-
may-not-serve-purpose-in-class/
• Woyke, E. (2011).Pros And Cons Of iPads In The Classroom.
Forbes. Retrieved from:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/elizabethwoyke/2011/01/21/pros-
and-cons-of-ipads-in-the-classroom/