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Tracy Tan

Irish schools make switch to ebooks; Textbooks go hi-tech as students learn on iPads an... - 0 views

Access to the site is by subscription, so I am including the article here: T'S a sad day for doodlers. The dog-eared textbook is on its final chapter in Ireland as schools switch to ebooks. More t...

ipads proliferation

started by Tracy Tan on 29 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
Tracy Tan

School apps go to the top of the class (Chris Griffith, The Australian [AU], 13/3) - 0 views

(Restricted access, article posted here) Some food for thought: if kids are 'learning in snippets of time', does this mean that deep learning is being compromised? Australian schools are getting...

school apps ipad

started by Tracy Tan on 27 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Parisa Rouhani

iPad apps likely to be bigger, pricier - CNN.com - 1 views

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  • the iPad isn't capable of anything fundamentally different from the iPhone and iPod.
  • I don't think imagination can override the true limits of what's offered.
  • iPad screen may also make new advertising schemes possible,
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  • iPad app developers to make money, said Farago of the app-tracker firm Flurry -- especially if all they h
  • Parisa Rouhani on 03 Feb 10
     
    ipad not fundamentally different from the ipod/iphone, though may create platform for advertisements in a way that was not possible with the iphone.
Jerald Cole

GoodReader for iPad for iPad - 1 views

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education technology engagement goodreader annotate ipad pdf apps

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  • Jerald Cole on 15 Apr 12
     
    PDF reader for the iPad that lets you "write-on," hi-lite and annotate documents.
Ryan Brown

Why You Should Not Buy Your Child an iPad | PCWorld - 0 views

www.pcworld.com/...ot_buy_your_child_an_ipad.html

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  • Ryan Brown on 27 Apr 12
     
    This author makes arguments against buying iPads for children. At one point he states, "iPad isolation can lead to poor social skills at a time when kids are just learning how to interact with each other."
Brie Rivera

Apple - iPad - The best way to experience the web, email, and photos - 3 views

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  • Brie Rivera on 29 Jan 10
     
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  • Brie Rivera on 29 Jan 10
     
    New Apple iPad - I can't see this being anything I would buy: can't replace a laptop or a phone really.... but I think there is huge gaming potential here!
  • Uche Amaechi on 29 Jan 10
     
    First thing I think is K-12 education. The schools, like where I work, that give each kid a laptop could make their money go so much further with these. Kids rarely do more than research online and word process. This could take care of that for $500
  • Brie Rivera on 29 Jan 10
     
    oooh....Would be pretty cool to have these! - just thinking of all the "on-the-go" activities you could have the kids doing!... and if you're really smart you could remotely track their learning/progress/engagement..... a tool that could really help teeachers take learning out of the classroom & into the world, and still manage the tedious recording & assesment requriements!
Kiran Patwardhan

Why the iPad Will Not Reform Higher Education Anytime Soon - 1 views

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  • Kiran Patwardhan on 05 Apr 12
     
    An opinion piece addressing the iPad in higher education hype: Lindsay Pund is a junior studying English and Business at Whitworth University. She is completing several writing assignments for a class and was given the topic by the Tech.pinions columnists of forming an opinion on iPad and higher education from a college students perspective.
Ryan Brown

A Parent's Struggle With a Child's iPad Addiction - 1 views

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ipad engagement motivation

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  • Ryan Brown on 29 Jan 12
     
    This is a blog about a mother's concern for her 6-year-old child's iPad addiction. I saw a similar experience when I visited my 3-year-old and 1-year-old nieces over break. They constantly asked for their mother's iPad and iPhone. It was shocking to see how they could navigate, select songs/videos, and yes, download apps! Moreover, they would spend hours playing with them. It's simply amazing to see how quickly a child can learn a particular piece of technology if they are engaged and motivated to use it.
Leslie Lieman

iPad Kindergarten Research Starts Turning up Results - 1 views

www.convergemag.com/...Pad-Kindergarten-Research.html

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  • Leslie Lieman on 21 Feb 12
     
    Modest increase in literacy test scores noted in research of major kindergarten iPad initiative.
Jerald Cole

SPOTLIGHT: Teachers of autistic students use iPads - Connecticut Post - 0 views

www.ctpost.com/...students-use-iPads-3373145.php

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  • Jerald Cole on 03 Mar 12
     
    Teachers of students with autism say it's the year of the iPad. It provides motivation. It helps with therapy and handwriting practice. It even models appropriate ways to share toys or take turns.
Tracy Tan

Solar Ipads for schools in rural South Africa (Gabrielle Monaghian, The Sunday Times [... - 0 views

Access to the site is by subscription only, so I am including the article here: A solar-powered iPad described as a "school in a box" has been developed by the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Desi...

solar ipad soth africa

started by Tracy Tan on 29 Feb 12 no follow-up yet
Brie Rivera

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com#/video/tech/2010/03/23/taylor.ipads.ebooks.cnn - 1 views

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ipad eBooks

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  • Brie Rivera on 25 Mar 10
     
    ipad gets more eBooks
Brie Rivera

Before you buy: 12 things to know about the iPad - CNN.com - 1 views

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ipad

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  • Brie Rivera on 12 Apr 10
     
    ipad - things to know
Yang Jiang

A Parent's Struggle With a Child's iPad Addiction - NYTimes.com - 5 views

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games engagement ipad

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  • Yang Jiang on 01 Mar 11
     
    A Parent's Struggle With a Child's iPad Addiction
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

BHS Students Lend Hand at Polls with iPads - Burlington, MA Patch - 0 views

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iPad students polls

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 17 Apr 12
     
    A nice application of iPads in the community.
Jackie Iger

Intel Unveils New, $200 Tablet for Education - Digital Education - Education Week - 0 views

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  • Jackie Iger on 15 Apr 12
     
    Intel announced the launch of its durable 7-inch tablets, called "Intel studybooks."  The tablets will cost less than $200 each, half the price of the new iPads.  Will the affordability of this device beat out the all-popular iPad?
Tracy Tan

iPads Extend a Teacher's Impact on Kindergarten Literacy - 0 views

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ipads early childhood literacy

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  • Tracy Tan on 17 Feb 12
     
    A school district in Maine is researching the use of ipads for early childhood literacy. The report is couched very positively,
Jackie Iger

- Why the iPad for College Students is more than Angry Birds - 2 views

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ipad education technology learning

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  • Jackie Iger on 18 Mar 12
     
    A look at how the iPad--and some specific apps--can help students with learning disabilities stay organized and focused.
Leslie Lieman

Apple and the Digital Textbook Counter-Revolution - 3 views

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  • Leslie Lieman on 28 Jan 12
     
    I am posting two articles: 1) Apple's recent announcement about getting into digital textbooks (article/link below) and 2) the criticism (this link) by Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters. Education needs to rethink the need for textbooks altogether. Digitizing them is not the answer. She states, "You can disassemble, reassemble, unbundle, disrupt, destroy the textbook. It is truly an irrelevant format."
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  • Emily Lovell on 30 Jan 12
     
    I thought it was interesting to read Watters's criticism of Apple's textbook plans, although I also thought it felt pretty one-sided. I do have reservations about how Apple is going about this (expecting everyone to own an iPad, requiring textbook authors to surrender rights, etc.) - but I don't think that the overall idea is so unbearable. Digitized textbooks offer many affordances compared to what we're stuck with currently (textbooks that are outdated, heavy, expensive, and limited by static content). Of course, theoretically we could do without textbooks, as Watters suggests in her criticism... but I'm not yet convinced of this in a practical, realistic sense. I suspect that the resources required to realize textbook-free classrooms are beyond what most schools and teachers have access to. (I also realize that iPads are not cheap! But if digitized textbooks were to become popular across a range of platforms, perhaps they would be more accessible to a broader demographic... and it's not as if physical textbooks are cheap either.)
  • Leslie Lieman on 30 Jan 12
     
    Hi Emily - thanks for your thoughts! Bloggers (especially those who use the name Hack in their title) are going to be provocative (one-sided) in their writing... but it helps raise questions about standard practices. I too agree that eTextbooks or iBooks are going to be tremendously more engaging and up-to-date than the ones that weigh down kids bookbags. But now take a look at the other article I posted: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/flow-digital-textbooks that suggests how publishers are not open to new and niche ideas that might be incredibly beneficial to education. The publishing market has a hold on education. Is it possible that the textbooks will not be available across a range of platforms, but only on a few that the publishers agree to work with? Maybe it is time we push for a more open source model... that could also work towards digitizing textbooks... or would innovate other ways for students to access "textbook"" knowledge.
  • Emily Lovell on 30 Jan 12
     
    Thanks for the nudge to read the other article that you posted as well! It was a nice counterpoint to Watters and the FLOW platform seems like a promising stab at digital textbooks from an open-source standpoint.
Jennifer Jocz

Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals For iPad - WSJ.com - 0 views

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iPad e-textbooks

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  • a recent Kaplan study showed that students remain big fans of printed books but that they would be more receptive to e-textbooks on portable digital devices.
  • he iPad's lower-than-expected entry-level price of $499 will interest schools, but some of them may not be able to purchase the device right away if they've already purchased netbooks.
  • Jennifer Jocz on 04 Feb 10
     
    Some major textbook publishers are adapting their textbooks and other resources for the iPad and other digital devices.
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