Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: iPads in Education - how are you using it? How do you see it being used?

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Re: iPads in Education - how are you using it? How do you see it being used?

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:
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704631504575531932754922518.=
html?KEYWORDS=3Dbarchowsky#articleTabs%3Darticle
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> as just one area of use.
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> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Danton Chin <danno@javanaut.com> =
wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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/
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> 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?
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>> 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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