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Prepping iPads in School By Bridget McCrea

The article."Prepping for iPads in School," is about a Florida school's journey into rolling out iPads for every student in the high school. The article focuses on the beginning steps into giving every kid in a Christian high school an iPad that they are responsible for. The article discusses some of the issues the principal sees that will be a hurdle; including how to maintain the school's integrity and values while a student has access to the internet. Some of the other issues discussed in this article were bandwidth and iPad security. McCrea went on to discuss plans for implementation of the ipads and how they would be used in the classroom for students to create and collaborate. The principal mentioned plans for each student to collaborate on a project with another student from a different state using the iPad. The goal of the iPad rollout is to prepare students to be successful in the 21st century by giving them problem solving skills as well as the technology skills that they will need in the future.

McCrea, Bridget. (4/28/11). Prepping for iPads in School. the journal. Retrieved from [|www.thejournal.com/articles/2011/04/28/prepping-for-ipads-in-school.aspx?m=2]

Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education

By Bridget McCrea

This article. written by Bridget McCrea, discusses the possible impacts that iPads could have on K-12 education. Although the content did seem a bit dated as the article was written in 2010, McCready does explore some very interesting uses for the iPad. One of the most interesting and intriguing uses that she discusses in her article is the idea of digital textbooks. Many textbooks, especially at the high school and collegiate levels, are already available for iPads in a PDF format. McCrea discusses the possibility of more than a PDF text for digital devices. She discusses interactive texts that would link text to videos, audio, and images of what is being introduced to students. I think this is the future of text books. These interactive textbooks would be so engaging and would better meet the learning needs of our students.

McCrea, Bridget. (1/27/10). Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education. the journal. Retrieved from: [|www.thejournal.com/article/2010/01/27/measuring-the-ipads-potential-for-education.aspx?m=2]

Teaching with iPads where do you begin? By Ed Madison

"Teaching with iPads where do you begin?" is a blog post that I found on the International Society for Technology in Education's website that was written by Ed Madison, a teaching fellow at the University of Oregon. Madison discusses a Bronx, New York middle school's journey into integrating iPads into the classroom. He highlights some of the advantages and struggles that teachers have gone through on the journey. This middle school is still in the early stages of implementation. They started with oneiPad per teacher to explore and find uses in the classroom. This then grew to four or five devices per classroom. Teachers at this point are using iPads for one on one intervention for the most part. One teacher notes the usefulness of the iPad for reaching his ELL students as well as his students who are gifted and might be bored by classroom instruction.

Ed Madison. (2011, June 13). Teaching with iPads: Where do you Begin? [web log comment]. Retrieved form [|www.iste.org/connect/iste-connects/blog-detail/11-06-13/Teaching_With_iPads_Where_Do_You_Begin.aspx]

Will the iPad Revolutionize Education? By Eric Walters and Michael Baum

"Will the iPad Revolutionize Education?" is a dual viewpoint article written by Eric Walters and Michael Baum. The two men discuss opposing viewpoints of the title question. Walters, who believes iPads will revolutionize education, discusses the many Baum, on the other hand, is a bit more skeptical of the iPad's possibilities of revolutionizing education. He does see the definite advantages of iPads and the fact that they can have a positive impact on education, but he is weary that they may just be another fad or cool tool that can be used in the classroom. At this point he does not see the iPad is a revolutionary device. Baum feels that if iPads are used properly and truly do increase student learning and engagemen then, along with teachers, iPad's could have a lasting impact on education.

Baum, Michael, & Walters, Eric A. (May, 2011). Will the iPad Revolutionize Education?. Learning and Leading with Technology, volume 38 (issue 7). Retrieved from []

Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad By Ian Quillen

This article, from //Education Week,// looks at several district and state iPad initiatives from across the country. The article interviews educators who have implemented iPads in the classroom and school districts. The results, for the most part, seem to be positive and promising. Many of the educators interviewed commented on how early in the process they are with iPad implementation and that it may be too early to really see the final results. The majority of the teachers, did however, see the potential and benefit of using iPads in the classroom and plan to further the implementation of the devices. Overall, it may be too early to determine the effectiveness of iPad use in the K-12 classroom, but the promise of the devices seems to be worth trying iPads with students.

Quillen, Ian. (June 15, 2011). Educators Evaluate Learning Benefits of iPad. Education Week. Retrieved from []