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__**Assignment #1 Websites and Articles**__

//**[|How will the iPad change education?]**// This article stated how the goals and education will align and change with the iPad. When books and texts are out of date there will be no more throwing things away or being stored. Now subscriptions will just run out and new ones will have to be ordered. It talked about a few points of why the iPad is beneficial in education and why it will succeed. A few points were mobility, price and availability compared to books and productivity. //How will the Ipad change education?//. (2010, January 27). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/blog/2010/01/how-will-the-ipad-change-education/

//**[|Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education]**// This article discussed how students are much more technology driven and we as educators have to start embracing in schools. Cost right now is the only issue keeping kids from getting their hands on the iPad. Transforming the iPad more toward education uses will make the iPad much more useful in the classroom. It talked about in a short time perhaps textbooks will be more interactive and dynamic thanks to the iPad. McCrea, B. (2010, January 27). //Measuring the ipad's potential for education//. Retrieved from http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/27/measuring-the-ipads-potential-for-education.aspx

This article talked about some of the uses and omissions that are associated with the iPad. Some of the great uses in education is the application of iWorks that is not available on the iTouch. The affordability is also very similar to a net book that many schools all ready use and the iPad has a fast operating system. The fact that students can also read books on it is great. Some of the drawbacks are that it doesn’t have a camera and you can’t multitask right now on the iPad. == Kcroy, (January 28, 2010). [|An iPad in Every Classroom: First Impressions of Apple’s Tablet in Education]. Retrieved from [] ==
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This article was very informational with the future of the iPad and universities. The projected thinking is that students will soon be leaving their laptops and textbooks behind and embracing the iPad for note taking, studying and reading their texts. The YouTube video in this article is awesome. It shows the subscription-based service called CourseSmart which allows students to download textbooks and study guides along with watch lectures on different subjects. It looks like an amazing tool! == Chen, B. (April 5, 2010). Colleges Dream of Paperless, iPad-Centric Education. Retrieved from [] ==
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== In theAppleBlog entry pros and cons are discussed with the iPad. In my opinion after reading the entry I think the pros outweigh the cons. The pros the article talked about were the battery life is great and the light weight option compared to a laptop or text book. It is easier for students to do work in libraries with everything at their fingertips and it can hold an immense amount of information. This entry also stated that the lack of multitasking was a pro because it would keep a student’s focus on one thing during a lecture rather than doing five other things while the teacher is talking. Some cons were again the lack of a camera, lack of e-textbooks and no full size keyboard. == Crump, M. (2010, March 9). Pros and Cons of the iPad in Education [Web Log Comment]. Retrieved from []
 * //[|Pros and Cons of the iPad in Education]//**

This article was a response to an earlier article that this same author posted. The author questioned the use of iPods and iPhones and now that the iPad is out they seem frustrated, mainly that technology keeps changing and challenging old school methods of learning. The author didn’t seem to like the iPhone and iPod but really embraces the iPad and the functionality with the eReader, internet and computer options. //Ipad and education//. (2010, January 28). Retrieved from []
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== The final article gave two really good apps that are available on the iPad: The Elements and Blackboard. The maker of The Elements app kept a really interesting point in mind when he developed his app: What would Harry Potter get out of the Hogwarts Library? His meaning behind this was a text in which interacted with the user. The Blackboard app was a great organizational tool for teachers who teach multiple courses. In the app it opens new windows to open different documents that you have in your Blackboard and can keep a schedule of tasks. At the end of the article it says that the iPad is not bad for education and students, people just have to utilize it for what it was intended for. == Singer, B. (2010, April 20). //The Ipad and education - it's not the size of the screen, it's what you do with it//. Retrieved from http://www.parentdish.com/2010/04/20/the-ipad-and-education-its-not-the-size-of-the-screen-its-w/
 * //[|The iPad and Education - It's Not the Size of the Screen, It's What You Do With It]//**