'There is no evidence that the iPad makes learning faster, easier or better'

It was ironic that Karen Cator, US director of educational technology gave the opening mini keynote at this three-day pre-BETT 2011 event explaining how the US has decided that its future economic success will be driven by a National Education Technology Plan which looks startlingly similar to the UK's Harnessing Technology Strategy ditched by the Coalition Government. http://agent4change.net/bett-week/news/797-learning-without-frontiers-day-2.html