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Sugar activities and the XO operating system can now be run from a flash drive allowing students to transport their operating system, software, and work with them from computer to computer.  Best of all - its free. 

Interesting article about using iPads in schools. I have experienced working with young children and iPads and it has always been a success. This article promotes them and talks about some of their main uses to teach. On January 19, 2012, Apple made a significant announcement that could change the educational landscape forever. There are several parts to the announcement - one is a software application that enables anyone to create a 'text book' and the other is a distribution platform for textbooks inside of the already popular iBooks application (a free download that runs on the iPad or iPhone.).iBooks 2 is an upgrade to the iBooks application that is the primary reading application of iOS.