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Description

The [|iPad] is a multi-touch tablet computer created by [|Apple, Inc.]. It has been largely marketed as the ultimate [|digital media consumption device] but is gaining a reputation as a serious business tool mainly due to its screen size. (9.7 in.) It comes in two models: [|Wi-Fi] and Wi-Fi + [|3G]. Both models have 3 different storage capacities: 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB. The ipad uses [|iOS (Apple)] the same operating system as the iPhone and the iPod touch. The iPad has been criticized as being a big [|iPod touch]/ [|iPhone] because of the iOS and the [|iPad's technical specs].

History:

Apple’s first tablet computer was actually the Newton [|MessagePad 100] released in 1993. Apple released several more versions and discontinued the Newton MessagePad 2100 in 1998. After the success of the [|original iPod] in 2001, the iPhone was released in 2007. Steve Jobs has since then admitted that the ipad was worked on before the iphone.

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The iPad was released in April of 2010.

Impact on Teaching and Learning:

Textbooks: As more publishers adopt the e-book format, students will no longer have to buy heavy, often soon to be outdated, textbooks. The digital format allows for the addition of video and interactive quizzes/games to reinforce the material.

Paperless Classroom: With the iPad, assignments and tests can be sent and received in digital format. Students can take notes directly on the iPad and even e-books can be annotated via various apps.

Practical Applications

Interactive learning: The audio and video capabilites of the ipad offer a multimedia facet of learning. Together with software that offer simulations and virtual labs the students are engaged in active learning. Using a personal response system, a teacher can immediate poll the students and get immediate feedback on the level of understanding after a lesson.

Studying and reviewing: Students should have an easier time now that all their notes and text books are on one device.

Time Management: No matter if you are a teacher or a learner, time management skills is a valuable skill. There are general purpose apps such as [|Todo] or specialized ones like [|Blackboard Mobile].

Example or Demonstrations.

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Test the students:

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Blackboard for the iPad: (Teachers)

   

Never forget an assignment: (Students)

   