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New Plymouth school abandons iPads for traditional blackboards

Ōmata School is moving away from iPads that have been in classrooms since 2011 to embrace a hands-on learning approach.

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Ōmata School in New Plymouth is ditching iPads in favour of returning to traditional blackboards. The school has used the devices in classrooms for over a decade but is now shifting its teaching methods toward a more hands-on approach.

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New Plymouth school ditches iPads, goes back to blackboards

Ōmata School has used the devices in classrooms since 2011, but is now favouring a hands-on approach.

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