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=Seven Web Sites and Articles=

**How will the iPad change education?** This articles discusses how iPads are more functional for education than e-readers. IPads allow for internet access, communication between students and teachers and experts in various fields. The iPad can be used for more than simplly helping the environment by allowing for digital textbooks but by allowing mobility and ease of access to information and communication.

**Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education** Today's students are digital natives and as such look to use technology not just for fun and games but to enhance learning and education. The iPad is one tool that allows for students to read, write, communicate, and surf the web all on one device. The iPad has the ease of use and ease of access to information that teachers and students can use. With all of the available apps and more coming teachers can find new and creative ways for students to use and learn with the iPad.

[] This blog, from Forbes, deals with pros and cons that professors and students at the University of Notre Dame have about using the iPad for classes. Students were given iPads as part of a seven-week long study on how students used the iPads and what they thought about them. Students found the iPad useful in five specific ways - "encouraged exploration of additional course topics, helped them manage their time, provided new functions/tools for learning, increased their learning and made their courses more interesting. Though they were not instructed to do so, most students also said they used the iPads to do reading for other courses andleisure reading." The bigest complaints were the difficulty of highlighting texts, taking notes, and the inability of having more than one window open at a time.
 * 1.Pros and Cons of iPads In The Classroom - **

**2.Finger paints, picture books and iPads — the newest classroom tools for some preschools, kindergartens -** [] After a year long study convinced teachers and parents of the benefits of using iPads in the classroom the North Shore district and other Chicago area schools are equiping early childhood classrooms with iPads. After ground rules are established young users are able to quickly learn how to use and explore with the iPads. Students use them to practice math skills and other subjects. IPads grab their attention and hold it to keep students engaged and learning.

**3. Blogging About the Aeb 2.0 Connected Classroom - Quick List Of IPad Resources For The Classroom -** [] This site is full of resourses for using the iPad or iPod in the classroom. The resources vary from the do's and don'ts of using iPads to sample lesson plans. There are links to lists of educational apps including reviews by teachers and students.

**4. Math That Moves: Schools Embrace the iPad -** [] This article, from the New York Times, highlights different ways schools across the country are using iPads in the classroom. Some are using them in specific classes, such as, an online only algebra class, others using them throughout the school day for different activities. The article talks about textbook publishers that are focusing on developing apps and curriculum for schools to use with the iPads. It also points out some peoples thoughts about how fast schools have jumped on the iPad without studies confiming that learning is improved with their use. **5. Five ways readers are using iPads in the classroom -** [] =﻿ **How the iPad 2 and education could go together -** = [] These two articles talk about ways classroom teachers are using the iPad currently and then how the iPad could be used. The first deals with current uses such as- for assitive technology and for intervention. The second how the iPad could be used to create videos and distance learning. I found the ideas to be ones I have thought about and help to see how else the iPad can be used in the classroom.

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