or pseudo-science, the fact is that the causality is stronger than you
purport. Kinesthetic activity is an important component of learning
and memory, as you have regularly suggested. Where any tool can assist
in that endeavor it should be supported.
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 6, 2010, at 7:43 PM, "Gary S. Stager" <district@stager.org> wrote:
> That WSJ article is full of pseudo-science, nostalgia, weak causality and an ad for a publisher of handwriting workbooks.
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2010, at 7:21 AM, David Withrow wrote:
>
>> Agreed. See this recent wsj article:
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704631504575531932754922518.html?KEYWORDS=barchowsky#articleTabs%3Darticle
>>
>> as just one area of use.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Danton Chin <danno@javanaut.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I originally wanted to add a comment to the thread on "Staff and Faculty
>>> Use
>>> of iPads" and deployment issues but because the original poster wanted to
>>> remain on topic I am starting a separate post. The use of iPads in
>>> Education
>>> was a subject that I wanted to talk about this month at the iPhone
>>> Developer
>>> Conference Voices That Matter but because of time constraints and my
>>> commitment to speak at another iPhone Developer conference I didn't. But
>>> iPads in Education is a really interesting topic. So I would strongly
>>> disagree that the iPad is not a learning tool and strictly a device used to
>>> consume digital media. Several examples come to mind to counter a statement
>>> made in that thread.
>>>
>>> 1. The Brushes app available for the iPhone and iPad was used to create a
>>> cover for the New Yorker Magazine. See
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10250989-93.html. That's creativity at
>>> work.
>>>
>>> 2. The iPad has been adopted by a large number of parents (don't know if
>>> there has been any formal adoption for a school program) with autistic
>>> children to help their children learn. See
>>> http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-for-autism/
>>>
>>> 3. The Molecules app and the CMOL apps available for iPhone and iPad are 3D
>>> molecular viewers that can help students visualize molecules and use the
>>> unique features of these devices to allow students to interact with the
>>> molecules.
>>>
>>> 4. The GoSkyWatch Planetarium - the astronomy star guide can be used in the
>>> field to help everyone learn astronomy in a unique way that you cannot with
>>> a laptop because of its very different form factor.
>>>
>>> 5. And what about the use of these devices in programming courses so that
>>> students can catch the "magic" of developing apps for a mobile device?
>>>
>>> There are many more examples of how the iPad can be used for learning. And
>>> we are only at the beginning. As an iOS developer and as someone who has
>>> spent a lot of hours trying to contribute to the education of students in
>>> my
>>> school district I respectfully ask and would like to know how everyone is
>>> using iPads in education today and how do you envision it being used?
>>>
>>> Danton Chin
>>> Former nine year Board of Education member
>>> Pelham Union Free School District
>>> Pelham, NY
>>> Founding chair of the Technology Committee
>>> iOS Developer and consultant, author, and speaker
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> "What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not
>> knowledge in pursuit of the child."- George Bernard Shaw
>>
>> The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
>> - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
>>
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>> there is.
>> - Yogi Berra
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