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in title, tags, annotations or urlApple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution - 1 views
Apple Believes technology is not all you need, but a critical tool « Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views
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These are things many people in IT don't understand or "get."
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I believe even more in the power of human beings to make connections and make a difference.
What Makes Siri Special? | PCWorld - 0 views
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Siri still makes mistakes. With Siri, however, speech recognition is a conversation, and people are accustomed to dealing with misunderstandings in conversation.
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Apple developers have "actually taken some of the capabilities out currently, so I fully expect it to evolve quickly," SRI's Winarsky says. One of the features Apple removed was the ability to book a table at a restaurant automatically. It seems likely that Apple is inking deals and polishing features as fast as it can to restore that functionality to the app.
iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 3 views
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But Mr. Steinhaus and other administrators soon realized that the iPad, with the slow finger-typing it requires, actually makes written course work more difficult, and that the devices wouldn't run all of the university's applications.
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When the University of Notre Dame tested iPads in a management class, students said the finger-based interface on its glassy surface was not good for taking class notes and didn't allow them to mark up readings. For their online final exam, 39 of the 40 students put away their iPads in favor a laptop, because of concerns that the Apple tablet might not save their material.
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iPads also foster collaboration. Students using them for group assignments in a math class at Pepperdine University were more in sync than were students in a section not using iPads. The iPad-equipped students worked at the same pace as one another and shared their screens to help one another solve tough problems, says Dana Hoover, assistant chief information officer for communications and planning.
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