"A hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car I drove, what kind of house I lived in, how much money I had in the bank...but the world may be a better place because I made a difference in the life of a child." -- Forest Witcraft

I have a strong belief that directors of curriculum and instruction like me need solid data from the field to make good decisions for the district.  Our Media and Tech Integration folks along with our district technology committees have been waiting for the arrival of the iPad and wondering how it will shape teaching and learning in our society.Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. This Ning network was created to explore ways iPads and other portable devices could be used to innovate education.

Students and Faculty will have Seamless Access to their Assigned Digital Course Materials through University’s Sakai-based Learning Management System. Currently, iPad has been equipped as a modern education tool which was introduced into American classrooms. Apple machine is on January 27, 2010 release of new products, the tablet can provide access to the Internet, send and receive email, view e-books, play audio or video capabilities. “It allows us to extend the classroom beyond these four walls,” said Larry Reiff, an English teacher at Roslyn who now posts all his course materials online.

Technological fads have come and gone in schools, and other experiments meant to rev up the educational experience for children raised on video games and YouTube have had mixed results. Educators, for instance, are still divided over whether initiatives to give every student a laptop have made a difference academically.

At a time when school districts are trying to get their budgets approved so they do not have to lay off teachers or cut programs, spending money on tablet computers may seem like an extravagance.

Unfortunately, the study of the content is social fields, such as public relations, design and law, so not much I can reference technology or engineering education results. But from a heap of parameters, can be found in an IPAD students before and after a semester of attitude change. Normally, we pay more attention to the function of the IPAD table, took it as a Kindle, but statistics show that the students to use the IPAD, through a little after reading, but only surf the Internet (short-term reading). Check Email and the Internet is the main functions of the IPAD, basic unchanged. As the game platform with in fluent use increased, and after music platform, function, and survey engagements, social function, flat keep reading functions than is expected to be low, see the function of online video also fallen. Also found that the students first videos, probably the iTunes U is of guiding teacher for media, followed by Youtube. So the IPAD bring the biggest Email and Internet, it is convenient for this with the function of smart phones to overlap. You can also read PDF file on iPad for your study but you have to convert PDF to ePub for iPad with PDF to ePub converter.

For public relations professional, the students use the IPAD to see the video, (mybe it need a DVD to iPad converter) mainly for mobile platform, Apps is convenient, easy to organizations and sharing, with other members of the communication and cooperation, etc. To design major, the students as the main technology platform or professional development necessary tools, think that this is the development of the career necessary means, at the same time maintain online community is also important function. Lawyer, emphasize on professional independent thinking and prevent leak or litigation, so don't like social function, but the information immediately interested in this.

Educators also laud the iPad’s physical attributes, including its large touch screen (about 9.7 inches) and flat design, which allows students to maintain eye contact with their teachers. And students like its light weight, which offers a relief from the heavy books that weigh down their backpacks.

Because the student in today’s classroom has been raised in an environment and culture different than those of their predecessors, their thought process is affected and it is important that the education system begins to cater to their learning needs. A new type of learning system needs to be devised, a sort of “Edutainment” as Prensky coins that incorporates the technology of these new types of students. It is important that learning is educational and also fun so that students will be interested and focused on their instruction.

Education effect, can be divided into Mr (for), AD spend), Community (files), Identity (Becoming). As a means of acquiring knowledge, IPAD and the traditional PC almost, but in practice and interactive learning, IPAD group have an advantage, advantage comes from Mobility (Mobility) and the Access (Instant availability), because PC boot need to wait, and IPAD use this Instant boot, availability, is to use the main reason for the IPAD a creative.

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Emilyjery works as a web developer and an editor of a weekly technology magazine. he has published numerous articles to provide readers reliable information about technology products : PDF editor mac and PDF converter mac and hot technology events around the world.