The honeymoon is over and the students are starting to see the real value of having the iPad in their hands every day. They realize now that they need to take care of their iPad or it won't take care of them. We have had a few issues but nothing that can't be handled easily. A couple of students have dropped their iPads and cracked the glass, one student's iPad was stolen but then was found, and one student's display is not working right. Three iPads were defective out of the box and when I went to the Apple store, there were immediately replaced. We have one iPad that was shipped to the insurance company for replacement and we have not heard back from them yet. Luckily, we still have 8 iPads in reserve for those that are defective or broken.
The overall success of the program has been tremendous. Teachers have completed a survey about iPad use in their classrooms and they are saying that it is more beneficial than detrimental for them and their students. Yes, we know that students are playing games on them sometimes when they should be working on assignments. This is more of classroom management issue than a concern for the students.
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