I think that technology is a wonderful tool, and I think students could benefit in some ways from using i-Pads at school. I-Pad’s are touch screen, and I think younger students and special education students would benefit from that feature. Older students would not have to carry around a heavy backpack full of books, when all their books can fit into one portable device. Little by little, more and more businesses are going paperless. Could schools eventually go paperless? If everyone had access to an i-Pad, children could learn how to correspond with teachers, turn in homework assignments, and have a digital log of their work. I would be very interested in the opinions of schools that tried the i-Pad in their classrooms. Could it be an innovative teaching tool of the future? The one big problem with the concept is that they are $750.00 each. How many districts have the money for i-Pads?
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Local News Article: New York Times: Schools Embrace the i-Pad
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/education/05tablets.html?ref=education
I think that technology is a wonderful tool, and I think students could benefit in some ways from using i-Pads at school. I-Pad’s are touch screen, and I think younger students and special education students would benefit from that feature. Older students would not have to carry around a heavy backpack full of books, when all their books can fit into one portable device. Little by little, more and more businesses are going paperless. Could schools eventually go paperless? If everyone had access to an i-Pad, children could learn how to correspond with teachers, turn in homework assignments, and have a digital log of their work. I would be very interested in the opinions of schools that tried the i-Pad in their classrooms. Could it be an innovative teaching tool of the future? The one big problem with the concept is that they are $750.00 each. How many districts have the money for i-Pads?
I think that technology is a wonderful tool, and I think students could benefit in some ways from using i-Pads at school. I-Pad’s are touch screen, and I think younger students and special education students would benefit from that feature. Older students would not have to carry around a heavy backpack full of books, when all their books can fit into one portable device. Little by little, more and more businesses are going paperless. Could schools eventually go paperless? If everyone had access to an i-Pad, children could learn how to correspond with teachers, turn in homework assignments, and have a digital log of their work. I would be very interested in the opinions of schools that tried the i-Pad in their classrooms. Could it be an innovative teaching tool of the future? The one big problem with the concept is that they are $750.00 each. How many districts have the money for i-Pads?
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I agree, I think it would be great if we could use things like ipads in schools. I think it's important for us as teachers to learn more about the new devices that are coming out because it is possible and very likely that we will be using these devices in the future.
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