Peter Smith is the Middle School Head at a school in Savannah, Georgia. He talks about his school using iPads. They moved over to them after using 7-8 year old PCs and having all of their information Hardwired. They were started using interactive boards and they decided to move to iPads. They did a complete infrastructure overhauls. iPads are available to every student in the school on a 1:1 basis.
I think this is such a good idea. I think this is what the future of schools are going to be like. Students are using them day-to-day. The faculty is using Apps on the iPads that are free and assist the in educating the students. Students can e-mail assignments and get them back with comments that same day. I believe I will be using iPads in my teaching eventually, if I do not start off using them when I first teach. I just think every school is going to be getting rid of big, bulky, expensive textbooks. They are going to be using iPads for electronic books and resources. They are also going to be saving a LOT of trees. Paper is going to be saved so much if students can do assignments and papers electronically.
If they aren't using iPads in the future, it will be something similar to it: Kindles or Nooks. Any of these are viable options, and I think will just increase the quality of education for children today. The podcast is online here.
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