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IntoIT. iPads and Tablets in Education. iPads, No Android Tablets Seen in U.S. Schools. By: Clint Boulton, eWeek Apple’s iPad is proving popular in educational markets as a supplementary slate to desktop computers, according to Piper Jaffray. Android tablets, not so much. Numerous case studies and anecdotal evidence tell the tale of Apple’s iPad as a boon for e-commerce and even in some select business markets. Law firm Prosskauer Rose, for example, issued 500 iPad 2s to its attorneys, who use them to send and receive email messages and share contracts with clients.

Now evidence of the iPad’s viability in the education market is beginning to emerge, according to Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster. The analyst found that all 25 technology directors in U.S. school districts he polled were testing or actually rolling out iPads for users in schools. M.guardian.co.uk. Teachers at Ysgol Glannau Gwaun, a primary in Fishguard with stunning views across Cardigan Bay, are convinced their pupils are benefiting from their iPads and iPods. The school invested in 16 iPads and 20 iPods specifically to improve literacy skills among its 247 pupils, thinking the boys especially might react positively to the technology. Irwyn Wilcox, the headteacher, said: "We were looking to beef up technology and find ways of engaging the pupils in different ways. I'm convinced it's having an impact.

" It has been a steep learning curve for the teachers. "This time last year I'd probably not have been sure what an iPad was," said Wilcox. "And we often have the children telling us how to do things we don't know about. Pupils beaver away on iPads in the classrooms and post their work to a secure virtual area run by Pembrokeshire, the local education authority.

Camron and his friend Conah are dipping into virtual books on the iPad they are sharing. Using your iPad 2 as a Document Camera. IT in Education - Home. INFOGRAPHIC : The Textbooks Of Tomorrow. As someone who has just bought an iPad, I can personally appreciate its potential to become the dominant force in the digital book wars.

PDF and ePub files can be uploaded instantly, and then annotated with your stylus pen or finger. Let’s face it, if you were a student, what would you rather have? 10 heavy textbooks or a thin much lighter iPad? According to this infographic by OnlineEducation.net, 1 in 4 students would prefer digital books so much that they would give up sex for a month in order to get them. Now there’s some dedicated fans for you. One figure I am not entirely convinced about is the assertion that digital books are on average 53% cheaper than print books. What do you think? Image Credit : ntr23. Happy 10th birthday to the iPod - the little machine that changed our lives.

“They said they didn’t know what to do with it. Maybe put it in a small notebook,” Rubinstein said later. “I went back to Steve and I said, 'I know how to do this.’ He said, 'Go for it.’” The only drawback was time: Jobs wanted the iPod to be available that Christmas. A team of 30 began working long hours on Project P-68. Jonathan Ive, the British-born designer who has worked at Apple since 1992, said: “Like everyone else, I knocked myself out, not so much because it was a challenge – which it was – but because I wanted to have one.”

Rubinstein brought in Tony Fadell, an engineer who had been shopping an idea for a digital music player around Silicon Valley for some time. Ive, who had created the candy-coloured iMacs in 1998, oversaw every detail, from the now-familiar iPod case to the way the box opened when the gadget was unpacked. Underpinning it all were Jobs’s demands for simplicity and elegance. But the reaction was not wholly positive. "That's when it all started coming together. Apple Announces a New iPad Textbook Experience. Apple's Phil Schiller announced a new textbook experience for the iPad called iBooks 2 on Thursday. Schiller said the iBooks store's new textbook category will eventually include "every subject, every grade level, for every student. " For now, however, Apple is starting with high school textbooks from partners McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Two of the books, priced at $14.99 or less, will be available today. Included in a demo book that Schiller showed on stage were features that let students tap a word to access its glossary definition, highlight with their fingers and interactive reviews at the end of each product. Schiller framed the announcement with dismal education statistics. Follow along for more news from the event at our live blog. Image courtesy of Flickr, THe D34n. Apple's 'School Box' plan to innovate education. By Jonny Evans Apple's [AAPL] plan to bring better educational tools to children worldwide could include a solar-powered iPad rig equipped with pico projectors and more, except the solution doesn't come from Apple -- but does use iPads. **UPDATE: Apple PR have informed me that "School Box aka School in a Box isn't Apple's". Here's a link to School in a Box.

[ABOVE: Apple's message to education. Introducing School Box In Zimbabwe, government education ministers are working together with an iPad-based solutions provider to deliver a solar-powered education system, consisting of a solar powered device, micro projectors and a bunch of iPads. Dubbed the 'School Box', Zimbabwe's Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart recently claimed traveled to Paris to meet with Apple to discuss the solution. "I am very excited that Zimbabwe is collaborating with Apple in this ground breaking use of technology to advance education in the most remote schools. Teach the kids to change the world.