Students from a U.S. college change their books for a iPad

A private school in Tennessee (USA) will require students to use the iPad. Why? According to Jim Manikas, director of technology Webb School of Knoxville, one of the reasons that have leaned toward the tablet is that students carry much weight in their bags. Thus, it would take up to 20 kilos of books, to keep iPad hanging over about 600 grams.

The school also provides iPads for rent to families with limited resources.

It is not the first nor will be the last school that fits the iPad to teaching. Greenock (Scotland) did the same the past year. Considered various options to improve the education given to the iPad. And is that being able to take notes, read books, and be able to use internet from one device makes everything easier. The screen size is ideal for working in a comfortable, its battery lasts a lot, and the senzillez iOS brings makes it the ideal study partner.

Think of the differences that may exist between a textbook and a conventional paper book adapted for the iPad. We still images in the first, instead of the IPAD can interact with the image, or see a video that helps us understand the issues we're dealing with, and if we are in music class, we can hear the symphony of which we speak in class from our "book" instead of reading about it, not to mention the myriad of educational applications that can be found adapted to the iPad.

This is all very nice but ... can be accessed from your desk internet one can fall into the temptation to open Facebook, Twitter, or whatever as long as hang out without listening to the roll that explains the professor, right? No, for that school campuses have the power to block pages that are not "appropriate" for the proper functioning of the class.

I use it myself in college and I'm in love with him. Everyone goes with books and files up and down. What if the teacher has told you that print 300 pages of agenda, if I've left at home ... I put everything in separate folders iBooks and outside problems. Then, when taking notes is typical to lose the pen, left the case to know where, if I run out of ink, if I have no blank pages ... In my case I use iWork, and just in case always I keep notes on your iDisk he finished the class, so you always know you are online and no one can erase anything fingering the iPad, because the latter is the biggest problem of all ... Without thinking about problems if you let the pen or have to print 700,000 pages, the iPad has continued to be very comfortable compared this way of working with classical, I can assure me that I am much more comfortable working with the iPad.

Some colleagues have netbooks and it is clear that work well, but the battery does not last long, the screen does not look so well, and read the notes from there is not nearly as practical to do DeSdel iPad. Not to mention the infernal noise they make when writing, although it will be faster to do it.

As I say, I have changed totalmenelhow to make and prepare lessons. Now I just have to take the exams in the iPad, but I think it will take longer ...

Thanks for the info Arantxa.

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