In 2010, the Roslyn school board had brought up an idea that would change Roslyn tremendously for many years to come. Board members along with the help of some very dedicated teachers had come up with the idea that every high school student would receive an iPad and would use it up until their senior year. Roslyn had created a pilot program that would give Ipads to very a few advanced classes to project where the iPad initiative would eventually go. After the pilot program was launched, one word described the experience, success.
The Ipad idea was introduced and seen as a way to save money and to give students a much better learning experience. Instead of buying new textbooks every year that cost thousands of dollars, The Ipad plan is that RHS students would able to stay with their designated Ipad until they graduate to go on to college. Overall, the goal is long term and sometimes hard for most people to see, but in the end the school will be saving money and most importantly, students will get a much better education.
Joshua Cabat, the English chair of Roslyn Schools, who played a major role in the iPad initiative, said that when the iPad idea was first introduced to him, he thought the idea was brilliant and that it would be very successful. The whole Ipad idea had been brought up by Roslyn’s superintendent, Dr. Daniel Brenner. Cabat said that Brenner had served as the visionary for the entire project. “Dr. Brenner was very smart about the whole idea and is quite the man for the job,” said Cabat.
Cabat believes that it has changed the ways so many teachers teach in such a positive way, and that it is the way to the future. When I had brought up the question had the Ipad has a positive or negative impact on students, he said, “I believe it has had such a positive impact on students as well as teachers.” Cabat told me that it was not easy starting a program when you cannot use anyone else, or in this case, any other school as an example. “I would definitely recommend this idea to many different schools but I would make it very clear that you must be very patient, and extremely thoughtful.” Cabat hopes iPads will be given out to all four grades and that they will work to find more efficient ways to make the iPad better for students and teachers.

Even outside of Roslyn, iPads are being used as teaching tools. They have been used to teach not only kids in regular schools, but it has also been a major help to autistic children in the classroom. Many organizations have tried to make it work, but one organization that has really made an everlasting difference on the iPad movement for autistic children, is the Young Autism Program. YAP was created by the Developmental Disabilities Institute, a Long Island nonprofit that serves about 1,500 people with autism. Allison Petterson, a teacher at YAP, said that with its colorful screen and crisp images, the Ipad holds students' attention. She also said “the device has a wow factor that even her instructors can't match. “The iPad has built-in reinforcement; when they touch the right picture, it cheers for them," Petterson said.