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====// Assignment #1 Websites and Articles // Explore the following 2 articles and summarize your findings. Next find 5 more that relate to using the iPad, E-Readers, or Applications in the classroom. (These 5 do not include articles posted in Articles Worth Reading page.) Post a summary of each article to your wiki along with an APA reference to the article. Use the APA format for the correct citation and quotations in your summaries. Use the OWL from Purdue to help you write your citation correctly. ==== 

Required Article #1 How will the iPad change education? **//Summary #1//** iPads are changing the face of education. Interestingly, the article stated that tablets are more efficient and more productive than an e-reader or a laptop because an e-reader can only read and the laptop is too bulky and hard to take places. As the curriculum director, I find the tablet option exciting because it will allow students to have multiple sources (including their textbooks) all in one place. The chiropractors will love it because backpacks will now be lighter! Citation#1: "How Will the IPad Change Educa ﻿ tion? « PBS TeacherLine Blog." PBS. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. . 

Required Article #2 Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education Summary #2 There is a disconnect between what educators are using for technology in the classroom and what students are using at home. Kids are excited about the introduction of the iPad; however, most teachers probably only found out about it through a commercial and have no plans to use them﻿ in their classroom. One of the reasons there is a disconnect between school and real-life is that schools do not have an enormous budget (or support) to continually provide the latest-greatest technology such as the iPad. However, there is potential for the iPad to be used as an interactive textbook and therefore the money used to purchase these could be used to purchase tablets such as the iPad. Citation #2 McCrea01/27/10, By Bridget. "Measuring the IPad's Potential for Education -- THE Journal." THE Journal: Technological Horizons in Education -- THE Journal. Web. 28 Sept. 2010. [].



New Article #1 iPad program to help class go paperless <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">//**<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">Summary #1 **//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">According to this article, a class in Kentucky is the pilot to the school going "paperless." One fourth grade classroom received iPads for each student. They measured their math and science scores before the iPads and plan to do so at the end of the year to see if they have made a measurable difference. The kids in the article were estatic. One girl, whose birthday is in four days, stated she no longer needed a birthday present. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">Citation#1: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Coomer, Regan. "IPad Program to Help Class Go Paperless." Cinncinnati.com. Nky.com, 27 Sept. 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010. <http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/C2/20100927/NEWS08/9270328/-1/recorder/iPad-program-to-help-class-go-paperless>. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">New Article #2 Useful Free iPad Apps for Education <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">//**Summary #2**// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">This article describes ten different apps for eduction: Kobo e-Reader, iBooks, Present, Culture GPS, Tips for iPad, Strategic Acceleration, NPR, 3D Medical Images, 3D Brain, Discover. The article compares the Kobo e-Reader to the iBooks. It states that both Kobo and iBooks are similar with the exception that iBooks give you a page number option. Present is an app that gives you presentation tips. Culture GPS gives you information on all different cultures. Strategic Acceleration is another stack that gives you tips on how to be a better leader. Tips for iPad is what it sounds like, giving you tips to the iPad. 3D Medical and 3D Brain are science orientated apps. NPR is connected to National Public Radio. Discover is an encyclopedia. Citation#2: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;"> "Useful Free IPad Apps for Education." Suite101.com: Online Magazine and Writers' Network. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. <http://www.suite101.com/content/useful-free-ipad-apps-for-education-a279627>.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;"><span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">New Article #3 Developers seek to link iPad with education <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">//**Summary #3**// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">This article discuss how the iPad has become a tool in education; however, it will not replace the laptop. The most interesting quote was at the end of the article, "“The iPad is … not nearly as good for creating stuff...On the other hand, it’s infinitely more convenient for consuming it.” I would agree. The article also highlights a few of the different apps that are being created for educators could use on the iPad such as an app to search through 40,000 children's books. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Citation#3: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Carter, By Dennis. "Developers Seek to Link IPad with Education | How Technology Can Help with Language Instruction | ESchoolNews.com." ESchool News, School Technology News and Resources for Today's K-12 and Higher-Ed Educators. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. [|http://www.][|eschoolnews.com/2010/04/05/ipad-app-store-has-wide-selection-of-education-options/]. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">New Article #4 [|Colleges Dream of Paperless, iPad-centric Education] //**Summary #4**// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">This article talked about a college that ordered the iPads sight unseen to be used by students and professors. It compared the iPad to the iPod touch and the college feels the research is showing the iPod touch pilot was not as successful as they predict the iPad will be because of the size of the screen. Another interesting piece of information from this article was an app that you can download for textbooks. Coursesmart is a subscription that students can buy and then can access 10,000 e-textbooks from the five major companies. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Citatation #4: "Colleges Dream of Paperless, IPad-centric Education | Gadget Lab | Wired.com." Wired News. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. <http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/ipad-textbooks/>. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">

<span style="background-color: #fffe00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">New Article #5 ** Enterprising educators have big plans for Apple’s new tablet ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 112%;">Summary #5 This article explains how many educational instutions, especially colleges are jumping on the technology wave of the iPad. Many colleges are excited to get them in the hands of their students and professors. Once again, the teachers who are "with the wave" are finding innovative ways to use apps such as: digital textbooks from McGraw Hill, Blackboard apps, Apple pages, etc. Similar to other articles I read, this one cites how other pilots who used Kindles were disappointed in the Kindle and now sees the iPad as a better option. However, this is the first article I found that had listed criticism for the iPad. One criticism states that many schools are putting the cart before the horse. That if schools buys everyone an iPad, they may end up in a dusty desk drawer.Citation#5: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">Mathis, Joel. "How Schools Are Putting the IPad to Work | Business Center | Macworld." Apple, Mac, IPhone, IPad, and IPod Reviews, Help, Tips, and News | Macworld. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. <http://www.macworld.com/article/153672/2010/08/ipaded.html>.