iPad Used in Education

iPad is one of the most important devices which invade our life. This device isn’t limited to read books, browsing internet, watching movies and listen to music but it is used also in schools for educations.

So that the folks at AppleInsider reported that The survey of 25 schools and their technology directors found that all of them were making use of Apple’s iPad while, just as interestingly.

So Apple had huge effect on education with this smart device and now schools should expect to use more iPad’s than computers over five years The Piper Jaffray survey also notes that iPads are seemingly being used to supplement full-blown computers, rather than replace them.

How the iPad Will Change Education

1. Larger learning communities. The Internet is an almost limitless space for the creation of communities with common interests. Learners, teachers, schools and universities, and just plain entrepreneurs, are exchanging course content, ideas, learning systems, and other resources using a variety of media. A search for “French verbs” on google finds 653,000 pages.

2. Differentiation. The web is not only large, but it enables people of different cultures, with different perspectives, different skills,  and different ideas, to interact. This creates a dynamic market place where people can learn from from each other and influence each other. This exchange of differences is at the core of the unplanned and spontaneous development that the world has experienced over thousands of years.

3. Accessibility. With handheld devices like the iPhone/iPad or Android, learning communities are more accessible. This will bring in more participants. People are now able to connect anytime and anywhere,  while waiting for the doctor, reclining on a sofa, or lying in bed. Traditional concepts of time and space related to learning are being turned upside down.

4. Rich content. The distinctions between radio, TV, Internet, telephone, school, university, entertainment, education, are becoming blurred. Education is the acquisition of information, and the variety of ways in which information can be presented is constantly being expanded. All of this rich information content is accessible from an iPad. Entrepreneurs are creating applications for the iPhone and iPad, 1,000 two years ago, and 200,000 today, many of them of educational value. Only the best survive.

5. Cost and speed. India plans to produce a $35 iPad equivalent. In many countries, companies are competing to develop faster and more powerful processors and higher speed wireless connectivity. This will further accelerate the pace of interaction and change, and bring in more participants with more diverse perspectives.

6. Customization. All learning depends on the motivation of the learner. Our brains learn all the time, on their own timetable. Traditional learning has been top-down, one size fits all, seeking to impose a curriculum. The Roman school child had a wax tablet to write down the lessons dictated by the master. Nothing much changed for 2,000 years. Now with the iPad, the learner can be in control, choosing what to do, where, and when. The teacher’s role will increasingly be to coach, helping learners find what they need and what suits their interests.

iPad Education Benefits

Apple iPad tablet’s large touch screen, flat design, and light weight, which “offer relief from heavy books,” are a hit with educators and students. New York Times reports.
Growing number of schools around the U.S. are embracing the iPad future. Many universities, high schools, even kindergartners are ordering hundreds or thousands of iPad to go paperless.
“School leaders say the iPad is not just a cool new toy but rather a powerful and versatile tool with a multitude of applications, including thousands with educational uses.”
iPad are to “be used in class and at home during the school year to replace textbooks, allow students to correspond with teachers and turn in papers and homework assignments, and preserve a record of student work in digital portfolios.”

New York City Spends $1.3 Million for iPad in Education

New York City public schools ordered more than 2,000 iPads for $1.3 million. Despite upfront costs that might seem extravagance to those who don’t understand cost of ownership, iPad would save schools money over time, by reducing printing and textbook costs.
Daniel Brenner, Superintendent of Roslyn High School in Roslyn Heights, N.Y., estimated that savings from just two classes with iPad pilot program are $7,200 a year. (Being the fastest adopted consumer electronic device (faster adoption than the now ubiquitous DVD player), iPad is also saving time and money for governments, TV stations, other businesses, and millions of individuals.)