If you haven't looked at Star Walk and The Elements I would highly
recommend those as starting points.
Dave
David Baker
Mount Tamalpais School
Dean of Technology
Math Department Chair
http://www.mttam.org/
dbaker@mttam.org
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on May
27, 2010 at 11:27 AM -0700 wrote:
>I have to wonder why we continue to chase technology and not let it chas=
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>us. A parent asked me this morning if we still taught cursive writing. I
>wonder if we are moving too fast just to be trendy and not really lookin=
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>at the educational values and, perhaps, consequences? The APPLE store at
>the local Mall seems to be mobbed, but I wonder how many people are
>buying IPads for the right reasons?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary S. Stager <district@stager.org>
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 12:54 pm
>Subject: Re: ipads Lower School
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>Just curious, why do you think that younger children need less of a
>computer?
>I have two iPads and I find their best use to be watching TV on them and
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>The iPads have a long way to go in achieving that objective or in
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>I've also written about the inadequacies of the iPad as a book reader -=20
>ttp://stager.tv/blog/?p=3D1189
>On May 26, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Susan Ferris wrote:
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