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haleighmarie

Tablet PCs for Classroom Use - 1 views

www.ed.uiuc.edu/...hursh-tabletpc.html

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shared by haleighmarie on 08 Mar 12 - Cached
  • MORGAN C on 08 Mar 12
     
    How could the tablet increase learning in a classroom?
Elena Ares

Tablet Computing Is Here To Stay, And Will Force Changes In Laptops And Phones | Co.Des... - 1 views

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shared by Elena Ares on 08 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Unlike smartphones and laptops, which replaced analog phones, typewriters, and filing cabinets, the tablet is pure digital abstraction -- the love-child of two digital devices
  • The answer is that our current digital ecosystem of smartphone + laptop doesn’t really fill our needs. Our phones aren’t good at making phone calls, and our laptops don’t share well. Both cost a lot but use only a fraction of their features. So much has changed since these platforms were originally defined that it’s time for a major re-adjustment, and the tablet is the first step. It’s the tip of the iceberg.
  • The tablet’s greatest impact on the technology ecosystem was in pointing out this weakness
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  • . Tasks that had been split between two devices can be distributed among three.
  • So what happens next? As a result of the tablet, your smartphone is going to get a bit dumber. It won’t lose all of its functions, but most ancillary features will drop deeper back in the user interface, bringing the two killer apps of phone and camera to the surface.
  • haleighmarie on 12 Mar 12
     
    This site tells us when the year of tablet computing started. It says that tablet computing is just the beginning of a new world basically.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    How tablet computing is forcing changes in our phones and computers so they will be able to keep up with the current technology. 
Elena Ares

How to integrate a tablet computer into your life - The Next Web - 1 views

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shared by Elena Ares on 08 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • The form factor that a tablet provides means that you can still watch a movie or video without it being too small, but a tablet is also much more mobile than carrying a laptop around with your everywhere. Tablets can access a wide variety of content as well. In Canada, th
  • e majority of major media companies have released iPad apps so you can watch their content right on your device.
  • it’s no longer necessary for you to print out the majority of documents.
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  • a tablet is an excellent way to find and read the news. Many major publications offer RSS feeds of their content that is exactly the same as it would appear in their print editions, or they at least link to their website so that you canAn RSS reader app can collect these feeds and present them to you on your iPad so that you don’t need to look at multiple different websites to find all the news you want to read.
  • having a tablet handy means you always have a great way to take down notes and you always have access to them, unlike that piece of scrap paper you probably just lost. Also when you write a note on a tablet, you can easily set them up to sync with your other devices so you can have them no matter what device is at your disposal.
  • it is much easier to pull out a tablet while using public transit if you want to lookup something quickly as opposed to whipping out your laptop.
  • Tablets get the best of both laptops and smartphones!
  • Apple seems to be on a mission to prove this with the release of iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad.
  • even easier to use than their “computer” counterparts
  • Tablets are still in their infancy as far as new technologies go.
  • I think tablets are here to stay, and whether you have an iPad or an Android tablet, there are plenty of benefits to owning one.
  • MORGAN C on 08 Mar 12
     
    Justification of the purchase of a tablet
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    How to make yourself go tablet: how it can help and what it can do for you. 
Vicki Davis

Media publishers finally fight Apple's evil subscription empire | VentureBeat - 0 views

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shared by Vicki Davis on 07 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 07 Mar 12
     
    I find this is ironic that the publishers are calling Apple the "evil empire." And so it begins the echoes of a complete publishing industry turnover. Like the music industry ten years a go, great opportunity is born out of great turmoil. Futures of whole companies and industries will be decided in the next year. "I humbly implore all media companies who read this - downtrodden newspaper editors, heads of publishing houses, and CEOs of media businesses: don't listen to Apple, Google, or Yahoo. Join the Rebellion. Help us save journalism.
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