Are kids ready for a digital blackboard?

Shanghai - When students of Shanghai Luwan No 1 Central Primary School come to school in November, some will no longer have to watch the blackboard. Instead, their eyes will be directed toward brand-new Apple iPads given by the school.

A trial class of 24 pupils in the fourth grade will use the iPads starting from November if everything goes according to plan, said Hou Yanjun from the school's teaching affairs office.

"We bought iPads for the 24 students and their teachers last year for the trial class and the original idea was to use iPads as a digital tool in almost each class," said Hou, who is in charge of the project.