<p> Seven iPad-centric "Steve Jobs schools" opened their doors across the Netherlands earlier this week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The elementary schools, where iPads play an important role in education and where each <br />student gets his or her own iPad, will educate students as per the principles of the O4NT foundation. O4NT is the Dutch acronym "education for a new era", which emphasises the role of the iPad in an elementary school environment, Xinhua reported citing local media.<br /><br />The foundation plans to open five more such schools before the end of this year and expects a large number of schools functioning according to their teaching methods by the next year.<br /><br />Working with a one iPad-per student approach, O4NT gives every child access to a virtual school and aims to help them develop information processing skills, collaboration techniques and a problem-solving and creative mind.<br /><br />"A total of 1,000 children attend the seven schools," Maurice de Hond, the man behind the schools, told Xinhua.<br /><br />"The world is digitalising in a faster pace than ever before, but still everything within the school environment is analogue instead of digital. The system is outdated," he said.<br /></p>
<p> Seven iPad-centric "Steve Jobs schools" opened their doors across the Netherlands earlier this week.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The elementary schools, where iPads play an important role in education and where each <br />student gets his or her own iPad, will educate students as per the principles of the O4NT foundation. O4NT is the Dutch acronym "education for a new era", which emphasises the role of the iPad in an elementary school environment, Xinhua reported citing local media.<br /><br />The foundation plans to open five more such schools before the end of this year and expects a large number of schools functioning according to their teaching methods by the next year.<br /><br />Working with a one iPad-per student approach, O4NT gives every child access to a virtual school and aims to help them develop information processing skills, collaboration techniques and a problem-solving and creative mind.<br /><br />"A total of 1,000 children attend the seven schools," Maurice de Hond, the man behind the schools, told Xinhua.<br /><br />"The world is digitalising in a faster pace than ever before, but still everything within the school environment is analogue instead of digital. The system is outdated," he said.<br /></p>