In Elizabeth's $ 350,000 technology
budget, $ 50,000 that could have gone into things like Mobi — hand - held
tablets that students can do work on, or «clickers» to give teachers instant feedback, that
money instead went into hardware to prepare for the new state standardized tests.
In conjunction with magazines and news paper subscriptions, it could possibly not only give the iPad a run for its
money, but also provide to be viable competition for the maelstorm of low
budget tablets coming out.