It all comes down to this, doesn't it...

This is the latest technological fad in education, as per the NY Times.

This is my favorite part of the article:
“There is very little evidence that kids learn more, faster or better by using these machines,” said Larry Cuban, a professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, who believes that the money would be better spent to recruit, train and retain teachers. “IPads are marvelous tools to engage kids, but then the novelty wears off and you get into hard-core issues of teaching and learning.”

Amen, my friend, amen. It all comes down to the hard-core teaching and learning, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT?

I'm pretty sure DaVinci didn't have an Ipad. He did pretty well for himself.