Apple’s iPad has been a pathbreaker of sorts in thetechnological field. They were many naysayers during its launch regarding itsutility, but I suppose the tremendous success of the product have shut up theirmouths. The craze and euphoria has not died yet, and with the launch of iPad 2,the buzz is getting stronger. And the all-important question comes to the fore:can the iPad serve as an ideal classroom teaching device?
I strongly feel that iPad will have a part to do. It is sureto displace one-to-many teaching pedagogies in favor of interactive one-to-onestudying and learning and will encourage much more participation from students.
To drive home my point about the iPad will have a role inonline education for children, here is some news. It has been seen by many thatthose children who haven’t learned to read or write or even operate a mouse areable to operate the iPad with tremendous speed. According to an articlepublished in Ad Age in June 2010, “Howthe iPad Became Child’s Play – and Learning Tool,” there were many toddlersas who were as many as 18 months old only who were trying to provokeinteraction from TV sets and PC monitors as if they were touch screens likethat of the iPad. This indicates clearly that the next generation will find itvery easy to respond well and interact with the intuitive device.
In another study related to e-book reading, a survey resultreleased by Student Monitor revealed that out of 1200 college students who wereparticipants in the survey and interested in e-readers, more than 46% of themopted for iPad as the preferred e-reader rather than 38% of them who favoredAmazon’s Kindle. This indicates that iPad is known among the adolescents to bemuch more conducive and intuitive than the Kindle.
Educators today are stressing on the need for contextuallearning and user participation. Digital whiteboards have failed to encourage interactivity,and is also less on computing power. The laptop is comparatively bulky too andcan be problematic to handle sometimes. The iPad then serves to be the perfectdevice for comfortable online learning and acts as a useful tool for referencing,collaborating, and content creation. The best part is that of the choice forpersonalized content for students.
Some of the kinks are there: it does not support web pageswhich have Flash, it does not have a telephone, it does not have a camera andit also does not have USB slots or memory card slots although there is supportfor dongles. These limitations are somewhat deterrent for its use but oncethere are updates to the device, I don’t really see a problem for the iPad tobe used as a e-learning device!
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