Blog Post 12

Learning about the iPad 2

Write a post about how the IPad2 could be used by a teacher in education. In your post tell whether as a college student, if you would benefit better by buying your books from the University book store or by downloading them to the iPad2. Last, tell us whether you would buy an IPad2, and why you answered yes or no. You may view information on the IPad2 on http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/.

Apple says that with the IPad2, "the classroom is always at your fingertips" and "that iPad apps are expanding the learning experience both inside and outside the classroom." The IPAD2 has a feature on it that I think would benefit any student. On Apple's iTunes U there are more than 350,000 free lectures, videos, books, and pod casts from learning institutions all over the world.
With iBooks, it's a convenient way to browse, sample, and buy books. When checking the price of a math book at the campus store, the price was one hundred and twenty-five dollars. When I checked the price to download the same book it ran forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents, a saving of seventy-five dollars and five cents. On the average a college student usually buys four books a semester. To me this alone is would be worth buying an iPad2.
With video mirroring and the Apple digital AV adapter, Apple says "your HDTV or HD projection screen becomes a bigger version of your iPad." Video mirroring makes it possible to teach using educational iPad apps, movies, videos, and more.
The iPad is great for students that have a vision impairment or have a hearing impairment. It comes with a screen reader, support for playback of closed captioned content, and other universal access features.
The i Pad also has a calendar for staying on track. You can take notes in class on it with maps, you can view maps from above with high-resolution satellite imagery, or up close with street views.
The iPad2 in my opinion. is great for the teacher in helping her in the classroom, and yes I will be adding it to my list of things I need.