According to Verizon national accounts manager Douglas Glenn, “Most educators realize the inevitability of mobile device learning and the huge impact it will have on how students learn 21st century skills …Today’s youth expect ubiquitous access to their lessons, allowing them to complete course work on a mobile device any time, anywhere.”
The quote was in response to questioning about a new Florida law requiring that all K-12 instructional materials be provided in digital format by the 2015-2016 school year. The law opens the door for tablets to replace traditional textbooks, which, according to estimates from the Association of American Publishers , are estimated to cost more than $8 billion a year.
The Florida law dovetails with a new federal challenge to eliminate printed textbooks within the next five years, issued on February 1, 2012, by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. These and other initiatives will undoubtedly drive increased investment in tablets, e-readers and other mobile devices on campus, from kindergarten through to higher education.
One of the prime beneficiaries will be the Android operating system, which is gaining more advocates in schools across the country for a variety of reasons. At an Encinitas, California, high school, for example, students and teachers are using Android-powered tablets largely because of their integration with Google Apps. In a SlashGear post , author Chris Davies describes how the San Dieguito Union High School District is “moving to Android.”
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