And though the iPads have been in the building for only two months, an education revolution appears to be under way.
I actually do use
Winthrop High School students are never far from their iPads, even using them during their lunch hours. A glance across the school cafeteria reveals iPads on almost every table.
this for many academic purposes."
Those include taking class notes and recording lecture audio in an app dubbed Evernote, using the iPad as planner and calendar, downloading and reading class materials in PDF form and writing papers.
Did you ever wonder why almost all of Google’s services are free of charge? Well, now you know. That old saying, “there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch,” still holds true. You may not be paying Google with dollars (aside from clicking on those Google ads), but you are paying with information. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, but you should be aware of it.
There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser explores the two sides of human nature within us (call them "the mystic" and "the warrior”) that can be harnessed to elevate the way we treat each other.