The teacher [Bizan] says iPads have improved student performance in spelling and math and student attendance is up.
"It makes people want to learn. It makes people want to come to school," said Rachel Lyman, a fifth grader.
Bizan says about 75 percent of his instruction takes place on the iPad now and he expects in the not-too-distant-future that'll be 100 percent.
Of course, my favorite quote -- or perhaps the one which is most telling, is the following from the classroom teacher:
"Five to six years from now, or 10 years from now, textbooks, I see them being gone and being on some kind of device," said Bizan.
You can find the story transcript or watch the video clip online on our local news station's site.