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Scott Nourse

More Schools Embrace the iPad as a Learning Tool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through “Jeopardy”-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.
  • replace textbooks; allow students to correspond with teachers, file papers and homework assignments; and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.
  • extend the classroom beyond these four walls
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  • takes away students’ excuses for not doing their work.
  • e traditional scope of homework: go home, read, write,” he said, referring to its video and multimedia elements. “I’m expecting a higher rate of homework completion.”
  • spending money on tablet computers may seem like an extravagance.
  • invest in them before their educational value has been proved by research.
  • “There is very little evidence that kids learn more, faster or better by using these machines,”
  • “IPads are marvelous tools to engage kids, but then the novelty wears off, and you get into hard-core issues of teaching and learning.”
  • versatile tool with a multitude of applications, including thousands with educational uses.
  • laud the iPad’s physical attributes,
  • light weight
  • , is advancing its effort to go paperless and cut spending. Some of the tablets are being used for special education students.
  • simulate a piano keyboard on a screen or display constellations based on a viewer’s location
  • Scott Nourse on 04 Jan 11
     
    Pros and cons
Ken Fuller

World Atlas HD and The World by National Geographic for iPad Review | Macworld - 0 views

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shared by Ken Fuller on 28 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Decent atlas apps suffer from missed opportunities $(function(){ $('.zoomLink').lightBox({maxWidth:1200,maxHeight:1200}); }) by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com   timestamp(1332878700000,'longDateTime')Mar 27, 2012 4:05 pm I’ve always enjoyed poring over a good map. Whether it’s thumbing through a road atlas, spinning around a globe, or sticking pushpins into a wall map to designate where I’ve been and where I want to go, I can find countless ways to amuse myself with a well-designed map. So if there’s an app that can bring that experience to the iPad and tell me a little more about the world around me, I’m eager to give it a try.
  • National Geographic Society offers a pair of iPad-optimized atlas apps—World Atlas HD and The World by National Geographic. Both apps deliver the world to your tablet, with an easy-to-control interface and a decent amount of data.
  • he World also includes the nation factboxes found in World Atlas HD, but puts its own twist on the feature. Call up information on Belize, for example, and The World lists population, language, GDP, and other data; it also includes a brief description of the country. But there’s a photos tab as well, offering National Geographic images
  • Ken Fuller on 28 Mar 12
     
    Two iOS apps from National Geographic [optimized for the new iPad], get a 4 mouse rating from Macworld. With these apps you can bring the world to your mobile classroom.
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