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

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  • The iPads cost $750 apiece, and they are to be used in class and at home during the school year to replace textbooks, allow students to correspond with teachers and turn in papers and homework assignments, and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.
    • Timothy Smith
      Timothy Smith on 05 Jan 11
       
      There taking the full concept of iPads to the level they should be used. A device that helps them manage thier digital lifes! Cool!
  • Educators also laud the iPad’s physical attributes, including its large touch screen (about 9.7 inches) and flat design, which allows students to maintain eye contact with their teachers. And students like its light weight, which offers a relief from the heavy books that weigh down their backpacks.
    • Timothy Smith
      Timothy Smith on 05 Jan 11
       
      Physical Attributes are a big deal. I have not thought much in this regard to "looking at a computer screen" and "looking at an iPad" and how that would change the way we use computers in the classroom.
  • New York City public schools have ordered more than 2,000 iPads, for $1.3 million
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  • 200 Chicago public schools applied for 23 district-financed iPad grants totaling $450,000
  • he Virginia Department of Education is overseeing a $150,000 iPad initiative that has replaced history and Advanced Placement biology textbooks at 11 schools
  • six middle schools in four California cities (San Francisco, Long Beach, Fresno and Riverside) are teaching the first iPad-only algebra course, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcour
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