Success of BYO iPads

Chelsea Channing

By Chelsea Channing
Published June 1, 2015

If you were to explain the benefits of a BYO iPad program to staff at Hilliard State School, you would be preaching to the converted.

Recently recognised as an Apple Distinguished Program for 2015-2016, thanks to its iLearn@ HilliardSS BYO iPad initiative, the Queensland school ...

This story appeared in the June 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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