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More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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The Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative that has replaced history and advanced-placement biology textbooks at 11 schools. In California, six middle schools in four cities (San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno and Riverside) are teaching the first iPad-only algebra course developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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converted an empty classroom into a lab with 36 iPads — named the “iMaginarium”
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uestion whether school officials have become so enamored with iPads that they have overlooked less costly options
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working with textbook publishers on instructional programs and sponsoring iPad workshops for administrators and teachers
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iPad algebra program in California
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n Virginia, Pearson, an educational publisher, added iPad-specific features to existing American and world history programs, including an application for “Jeopardy”-like games and functions that enable students to take on-screen notes in the margins, bookmark pages and zoom in for close-ups. Pearson will develop iPad versions for all of its new instructional programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, and begin offering iPad versions for 30 top-selling math, reading, literature, social studies and science programs in April.
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“Traditionally, so much of art history is slides on a screen,” he said. “When they were able to manipulate the image themselves, it came alive.”
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iPads would also save money in the long run by reducing printing and textbook costs; the estimated savings in the two iPad classes alone are $7,200 a year.
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eplacing math textbooks with digital versions
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60 percent of the high school’s literature reading list from iBooks free.
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“We are talking about changing the way we do business in the classroom.”
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