The iPad has become the new textbook for college students in a number of US universities. Students are now provided with iPads as a new educational tool which substitutes for heavy books. This article posted on Wall Street Journal discusses the impact of technology and the emergence of such creative electronics in facilitating the educational process. Prof. Angst teaching at the University of Notre Dame reveals the advantages of this new learning technique as a more appealing and desirable method to keep classes more interesting as well as engaging students in participating more in class discussions. He said that although students are now more likely to go on Facebook or other sites, nonetheless, it has not affected their distraction level. I found this article very intriguing, because it shows how technology has become an essential part of our lives especially now that universities are providing students with iPads just to do their readings and other homework. This new technology has brought many advantages for students and will definitely encourage more universities to adopt this method. Creative electronics like the iPad has made learning more fun and entertaining!
Here's the link to the article:
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/22/using-an-ipad-as-a-textbook/
I definitely agree that replacing textbooks with the iPad is a positive new learning technique. Electronics have become such a big part of our lives, that using them for education will help to further advance us. People love technology, so of course they will be enthusiastic if colleges are providing them with iPads to do readings. From personal experience, I understand how painful it is to walk across campus carrying heavy textbooks. Another benefit of reading from an iPad instead of from a textbook is that it will help us in efforts to go green. I think that this is an excellent idea.
ReplyDeleteI also agree about replacing textbooks with the iPad. This also will reduce back problems in students as they will no longer have to haul pounds and pounds of books around with them when they will be able to just carry the light tablet. The bigger issue is that not many textbooks are yet available as an ebook. Overall good post, be careful of the text coloring as it is hard to read.
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