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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.

The iPad however, provides an alternative method by providing a lower cost of entry, while allowing for student-centered instruction where students are able to both create content and access information anywhere, anytime.  The key for revolutionizing education is having educators who embrace this technology to change how they teach to create a learning environment where students, not teachers, are the focus of the instruction.   

“Yeah it does all that and it’s a phone!”  Amidst a cacophony of reverent Oooh’s and Ahh’s, I unknowingly witnessed the birth of the Smart-Phone and the death knell of the PDA.  I bring this up because I recently was approached by someone who told me that our school should get rid of all PC’s and give everyone iPads.

but the tablet format could lead to changes in education.

it depends on how they are used to support instruction, whether or not they become toys, and what you do with it when it in the hands of the user.  Accessories, apps, and scheduling matter-A LOT.

The iPad's video capture feature will allow teachers to join the movement by pre-recording their lectures as homework the day before a new classroom topic.

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

Now, the coming months will bring a blizzard of tablets that are meant to compete with the iPad

the shocker here, though, is that the iPad 2 actually costs less than its comparably equipped Android rivals, like the Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

It’s personal, but not large (or bulky) enough to truly be a barrier to teaching from the front.

I got to see software being rethought for the first time in a long time. That little insight is what pushed me from forcing myself to be an iPad user to actually becoming an iPad user — things are different on it and it is pointless to build comparisons to a regular computer.

purely consumption device and that just isn’t the case

that sounds strange even for me as I read it back … the laptop is too limiting. I can’t for example easily move betwee