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Survey reveals educators' must-have technologies | 21st Century Education | eSchoolNews... - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 06 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Interactive whiteboards are the classroom technology that teachers say they most value, and though tablet-style eReader devices such as Apple’s iPad haven’t been around for long, they’re already considered the second most useful mobile classroom technology behind laptops,
  • 60 percent of their time using educational resources in the classroom that are either free or paid for by the teachers themselves.
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iPad: The Microwave Oven of Computing | Techinch - 0 views

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shared by Phil Taylor on 21 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • The microwave isn’t easier for every cooking task
  • But it simplified simple cooking, and consumers around the world saw it as a necessary piece of equipment
  • Everyone thought the iPad needed traditional computer programs to be successful
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  • Apple introduced the iPad, a computing device many have struggled to classify.
  • customers bought them, took them home
  • Apps that never made sense on computers with keyboards and mice, like GarageBand and finger paint apps and eReaders, suddenly found life on a 9.7″ slate of glass and metal
  • Not doing the same old stuff, but new, innovative things that you would have never thought of on a traditional PC with a screen, keyboard, and mouse on a desk
  • orm factor that makes computing more accessible to more people than ever.
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