SEATTLE - Do mobile devices, like iPads and eReaders, belong in
the classroom? That is the question the Seattle Public School
district is working to answer. Eric Caldwell is the district
manager of Library Services and Classroom Technology. Caldwell
said in regards to mobile devices, the problems facing the
district include the cost and monitoring the content. "It is
difficult for us because those resources bring other things.
They bring advertisements. They bring people in a social network
we can't control. We want to make sure students have a safe
environment," said Caldwell. Several Seattle schools are testing
out programs where iPads are rolled into classrooms on carts.
Students share the devices which come with programs that keep
all users on educational sites. At Ballard High school,
librarian Debbie Arthur manages several carts filled with
laptops that can be moved between classrooms. "Whenever one of
those rolls out of here, it's my library rolling out the door,"
said Arthur. More students having acce