Ginger Dunbar's article is an overview of how the city of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, is considering purchasing iPads for the sixth graders at her school. This article is fairly neutral in tone and not overly complex. It simply provides details about the process of distributing iPads to students, but does not express an obvious opinion. If there is an opinion, it may be that Dunbar is vaguely suggesting that this practice might become more widely accepted further down the road. Dunbar writes for the Daily Local News, so he's credible. Dunbar begins with a short statement about how school officials are considering “providing iPads to incoming sixth grade students at Marsh Creek Sixth Grade Center” (1). That's all: a short sentence about what the school plans to do, without prejudice, one way or the other. He then delves into the details behind this plan by explaining that in a meeting the school board members had discussed how the iPads had already been delivered to the teachers and that they would now have to purchase iPads for the students. According to the school board, iPads could be provided "as an individual initiative for teachers to use in the classroom", meaning that teachers are encouraged to take advantage of having iPads in the classroom (1). The idea of ​​giving iPads to students appears to be an ongoing effort to go digital for the entire school. In fact, the superintendent, Lawrence Mussoline, seems to confirm this with his statement: “The vision is for [sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students] to be provided with digital devices” (1). Dunbar then provides some details on how students will use the iPads. Instead of limiting iPad use in class, students will be allowed...... middle of paper......nts. The unique thing though is that it deals with middle school kids. Most cases where schools use iPads for learning are usually in high schools and not elementary or middle schools. It could lead to more elementary schools doing the same thing by giving iPads to students in younger grades. I might look for articles that have more examples of schools considering iPads for children in younger grades. I have a few other options besides this. I might research some articles that have a clear opinion on whether or not iPads should be used in the classroom. I might also look into the effect iPads have on education, if any. All of this might help me understand what the article didn't tell me. Works Cited Dunbar, Ginger. “Downingtown Considers iPads for 6th Grade Students.” Dailylocal.com. Daily LocalNews, January 30, 2014. Print. February 12. 2014.