Improving iPad usability for Schools - what's coming...

Apple is releasing iOS3 to developers, which promises some improvements for schools. 

1. Classroom Management - the ability to project an iPad screen to all the students in your class or quickly put one of them on the Apple TV. Of course, it is essential that you have an Apple TV in every classroom of the school, something that would be of benefit but may nor be realistic for many schools. Whilst this is a nice gimmick, I would still defer to putting my screen on the projector rather than to all the students iPads. I also wonder how the data will be gathered for teachers to pick which students are in their class - most of these systems are cumbersome and you have to set up each class you teach.
2. Multiple users login - this appears to be a great feature for students who share iPads - just  nett a different passcode and you get a personalised experience. I wonder whether this will remember which user is logged in to apps like OneDrive. The more students who see the iPad as their own device, the more content they will store on it, which will force schools to buy devices with larger storage. Not necessarily a bad thing, but an additional cost.

Whilst there are negatives with these, it is good to see that Apple is attempting to support education with iPads. Whether they are the right device for education remains to be seen, but I believe that when the Apple Pencil comes to the standard iPad, usability will be greatly improved!

Based on the article printed by @smh http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/ios-93-beta-shows-off-big-changes-coming-to-iphone-and-ipad-20160112-gm416p.html