In the first case we heard of the Smart School partnership, beginning with this fall semester sessions, all of Missouri School of Journalism students will be forced to buy iPhone or IPod touch.
If a school directive on this issue, you'll notice that the sound resembles a short message from Apple, smartphone describes as "significantly more" than just a music player. From the standpoint of the Academy, what is meant by the statement that students can download lectures, podcasts and other educational materials in the first year of leadership and information, all of iTunes U, freedom of education "Department" in the iTunes Music Store.
Plans for the future of this marriage, iPhones, and education of Mizzou say, include the ability to find appropriate answers to questions related to students' schools can be, for example, where to find information integral to the solution of problems related to their program of study.
This new mandate in the next step logically prior (and still is) a requirement for all students to purchase laptops in the school prefers to Apple laptop, it is clear that in the 4-year old edict, stating that, while Laptop computers are allowed, which is not recommended, such as buying a computer, and all software multimedia - audio, video, photos, etc. - It would be much more expensive than just buy Apple now fully integrated. He also notes that Apple is based on the school Unix, OS X is much less vulnerable to viruses.
Bonds for students who require their iPhones (besides the obvious benefits of telecommunications and multimedia), is the development of applications, iPhone, iPhone Student Competition, in charge of schools, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. A group of four students last year won free trips in the world Apple developers conference in the amount of $ 1295 each for his invention in the application of real estate search, NearBuy (now for free download on iTunes).
Fortunately for many financially-strapped Missouri School of Journalism students, because it believes that the school is one of the requirements of their financial aid packages may include the purchase. More than half of those interviewed students throughout the world in 2008 stated that, when given the choice, would prefer an electronic text document and print texts. This is due to the students a lot lighter backpacks.
