Not everyone supports the project. Computer science professor Elliot Soloway at the University of Michigan studies technology in education.

ELLIOT SOLOWAY: "It's ridiculous! [Laughs] And it's ridiculous not because of the iPads but because of the amount of money. Technology is really a wonderful, wonderful idea, but the problem is that the iPads won't scale. The iPads are not sustainable."

Is the iPad an effective learning tool? Educators in Maine plan to give a report at the end of the school year.

And that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Jim Tedder.

词汇注释：

say a rhyme：唱儿歌

hands-on：亲身实践的，亲自动手的

get around：有办法应付

immediate feedback：即时反馈

expand：[iks'pænd]

vt. 展开;扩大,扩充,发展膨胀,扩张;张开,展开,使膨胀,使扩张;张开

A balloon expands when it is blown up.

气球吹气后会膨胀起来。

The expanding economy enriched the peasants.

不断发展的经济使农民们富裕起来。

launch：[lɔ:ntʃ]

n. 下水,汽艇,发射

vt. 使下水,发射,发动,发出

vi. 起飞,下水,投入,开始

We launched a counter-attack upon the enemy.

我们向敌人发起了反攻。

You have our backing to launch a campaign against smoking.

我们支持你发起禁烟的运动。