iPad

= **iPad: ** =

Apple came out with this incredible tablet computer, which puts interactive apps and games at the palm of your hand. It is a wonderful learning tool; it has videos, movies and even e-books.

It is a portable, light weight device with a multi-touch screen. It has a full color screen and allows you to control its brightness if you need to type or read, which allows it to be used for learning or entertainment purposes.

Through the Wi-Fi and Internet capabilities you can access works of art and their artists, books, music, and apps that have different instruments that you can play. It also has games to play or movies to buy or watch. It has You-tube, which can access information for learning and researching, or you can watch their videos.

Students can create their own Flash Cards to study, research topics fast, or go to the dictionary. The touch screen is wonderful for children while they are learning how to type, they can color, learn shapes, form words, and do more advanced stuff as they grow up, like creating their own video or movie, researching a paper or reading a book. There is so much that can be done with iPads in the classroom. Apple has tons of apps that can help to enhance education, as long as it is used correctly and efficiently.

A great resource for teachers using iPads in schools can be found [|here]. It provides a number of Apps that can be used across grade levels and subjects. "Dr Michael Cowling from CQUniversity says that in lectures, smart-phones and tablet computers are now tools to further understanding of a subject, and less of a distraction."- Here are some of his throughts: "For teachers, their immediate reaction is to tell all the students to turn off their devices when they walk into the classroom, for instance, 'you're not supposed to be using those, you're supposed to be listening to my lecture instead.' Teachers struggle because they don't understand how you would use a tablet or smart-phone so much, in that it's built into what you do every day. Nowadays tablet computers are something that we use every day, for all sorts of different reasons. Looking out into a classroom full of students and assuming it's a distraction is probably a little bit old fashioned. What teachers should instead be thinking is, this is a great resource for these students to get extra information and to learn more."

The [|Apple Website] which shows apps within each discipline. To look through them you need itunes. Learn about IBOOKS APP Here are a few resources to learn more about different apps: [] Top Apps for students in the classroom [] Top Apps for students when it comes to note-taking and class planning