Assignment+1

// Assignment #1 Websites and Articles //

**PBS article** **"How Will the iPad Change Education?"** **(Jan 27, 2010)** Summary:  **Response:** **Having been written 9 months ago, this article is already dated. Consider also that the general public did not had access to the iPad until four months after that. This article seems to have been written on previews/releases of the product. The iPad has huge potential for productivity, but depends much of the time on a stable wireless network. I have seen more than a handful of occurrences where a failed network sours a productive learning opportunity. Mobility is huge - to take concepts learning during the school day and recognize the implications of that information or skill set outside of school.** (2010, January 27). //How Will the iPad Change Education?//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from PBS Teacherline: http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/blog/2010/01/how-will-the-ipad-change-education/   
 * reference to productivity, which relies on reliability of network it's connected to.
 * mobility - take the tool anywhere, and hopefully, the learning
 * community - communicate with people inside and outside school=authentic audience.
 * comments - naysayers referring to "jumping in too quickly"
 * references to lack of flash, which Jobs has defended.
 * T.H.E. Journal article** **"Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education" (Jan 27, 2010)**    <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary:
 * iPad "connecting" teacher to student
 * interesting disparity noted between the responses of a teenager vs teacher.
 * reference to digital natives vs immigrants: "how 'hardwired' today's students are for digital connections."
 * textbooks will be redesigned for the multimedia available today

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">**Why Apple's iPad Can't Succeed in Schools (Yet)** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">This article discusses the limitations of the iPad in schools. Liam Cassidy points out some unusual factors as rationale for using anything but the iPad in schools (such as if the glass screen breaks, it would be sharp and dangerous). He does make some solid points that the iPad may require schools to make a major switch from Windows-based programs to the iPad. He also points out that schools who have a large number of iPads assigned to students makes those student targets for theft. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Overall, I feel Cassidy is one-sided but does bring up ponderables that schools need to consider before diving in. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Cassidy, L. (2010, March 24). //Why Apple's iPad Can't Succeed in Schools (Yet)//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Gigaom: http://theappleblog.com/2010/03/24/why-apples-ipad-cant-succeed-in-schools-yet/ <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">District to Give iPads to Fifth Graders ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">A New York school has taken the initiative to give 80 iPads to fifth grade students for the school year. The school had put iPads in the hands of the teachers over the summer so they could best use them in classrooms. When the principal made the announcement, he told the kids he trusted them to use the iPads for educational purposes. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">I really like how this district integrated the technology, first with teachers and then with the kids. The trust element is fundamentally important. Without some degree of trust, schools miss out on the learning opportunities the technology allows. Many teachers I have talked to lament the filters and restrictions placed on //them//, and more strictly on the students. It seems so limiting to have access to the technology but overly limit what can be done. If a student does something to break the policy and the trust, give that student the consequence instead of the whole student body. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Corley, J. (2010, September 8). //District to Give iPads to Fifth Graders//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from Mineola Patch: http://mineola.patch.com/articles/district-to-give-ipads-to-fifth-graders <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">eEducator <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Rob Theriault discusses how the iPad is more of a game-changer than just an end. He has a short wish-list of what the iPad should do for education, including replacing textbooks, quickening communication between teacher and student, clicker-system style functionality, and replacing paper assignments and assessments. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Theriault, R. (2010, April). //eEducator//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from : http://paramedictutor.wordpress.com/ed-tech/ <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Updated: Looks Like Your Kid WIll Get An iPad (At School) Before You Do (At Work) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Eric Lai lists several schools (both k-12 and post-secondary) that will be handing out iPads en masse to students this year. His thought is that k-12 will be embracing the iPad on a wider scale before the business world takes to it. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">One school referenced in the article will take advantage of the fact that the iPad can take over much of the repetition part of teaching that can sap much energy from the teacher. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Lai, E. (2010, September 15). //UberMobile//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/sybase/updated-looks-like-your-kid-will-get-an-ipad-at-school-before-you-do-at-work/454 <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="font-family: 'P22 Underground Petite Caps',Arial,'Liberation Sans',FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> =<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Calibri,'Segoe UI',Arial,Verdana; font-size: 2.6em; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-shadow: #f8f8f8 1px 1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span class="the_title" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px initial initial; color: black; font-family: tradelight,'Helvetica Neue',Verdana,sans-serif !important; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Top ten tips for taking your iPad back to school–that don’t have to do with apps! ** = <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Summary: <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">This article spends more time discussing the nuts and bolts of iPads and accessories that the author, Tris Hussey, considers "must-haves." Hussey most accurately notes that the majority of articles available online review apps, whereas his article reviews hardware and necessary peripherals for the iPad. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Hussey, T. (2010, August 30). //Top ten tips for taking your iPad back to School - that don't have to do with Apps!//. Retrieved October 20, 2010, from The Next Web: http://thenextweb.com/apple/2010/08/30/top-ten-tips-for-taking-your-ipad-back-to-school-that-dont-have-to-do-with-apps/ <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">
 * Response:**
 * I am not sure I agree with the iPad itself connecting the teacher and student. I believe if teachers take the the iPad as learners, //that// will be the connecting factor. Kids aren't wired differently compared to the pre-personal computer era; they are able to learn to use to the devices quickly and effectively because they are not afraid to make mistakes and they take the time to play. Adults have a fear of what might happen if they click a wrong button, and thus, they miss out on learning opportunities. We adults need to dive in to the technology. The** **App Store continues to grow and will follow the demand of the consumer. If schools become strong consumers, the supply for better apps will grow.** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: times,helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;">(2010, January 27). //Measuring the iPad's Potential for Education//. Retrieved October 9, 2010, from http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/27/measuring-the-ipads-potential-for-education.aspx ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">