The iPad

http://www.ipadinschools.com/338/ipad-changing-schools/

The iPad is Changing Schools

This is an article about the ways the iPads are changing the way a classroom works.  It speaks of many pilot programs including one in Knox County that provides iPads to students.  These classrooms are using them for everything including taking notes and tests.  Some other ways the article mentions is to write papers and develop presentations.  I like the idea of using iMovie and other apps to make presentations but I am curious how students are writing papers on them.  The keyboard seems hard to type an entire paper on but maybe the next generation will be more adept to doing this. 

There are apps for pretty much anything you could want or need to do in a classroom. Teachers can use organization apps and students can use apps for subject content.  There are games to enhance their learning.  There are apps that help children with special needs and even apps to track health and fitness.  I think the iPad is a great resource in the classroom as long as the children are still learning collaboratively and given hands on experiences.  One of my concerns with them is the social aspect possibly being taken away from children and the possibility of the children venturing off to other apps and websites while the class is in the middle of a lesson.