Tablet use in EducationPresentation by:

Rachel Hanko Catherine Tremblay

iPad

http://digitallycreate.blogspot.com/2012/04/103-interesting-ways-to-use-ipads-in.html

Tablets are becoming the new must have in the classroom.

Start here on your tablet tour....

••decrease the weight students carry

in their backpacks•E-textbooks have interactive

applications•lessons can be tailored for individual

student needs

decrease costs associated with supplying textbooks for every student

Some school districts are replacing traditional textbooks with E-readers or tablets to

In the news...

The iPad....Click to watch video

iPad Tech Specs

iPads are the most commonly purchased tablets.

http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2011/07/16/ipads-in-schools/

Hellgate Elementary Website

Paxson Elementary iPad Initiative

It's in Missoula too...

http://wordpress.bhmschools.org/integration/2011/10/18/the-ipad-for-learning/

Tablets can target individual students learning goals

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/what-are-these-tablets-good-for-20120630-219bu.html

www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,16172103,00.html

-Windows 8 expected to help boost sales

-Estimates that nearly 10 million tablets will be sold in 2012

-Apple will continue to hold 60% of the market

What are you you buying for Christmas?

visit this blog to see for yourself...pc world blog

In 2012 tablet use is expected to quadruple....

Greene, T. (2012). Windows 8 tablet market share to quadruple in 2012. PCWorld Blog. Retrieved from:http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010320/windows-8-tablets-market-share-to-quadruple-in-2012.html

Heist, B. (2010). iPad handbook. Retrieved from:http://www.hellgate.k12.mt.us/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=2079&ViewID=7b7f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=5729&PageID=2294

Paxson Elementary, (2012). iPad initiative report. Retrieved from:http://coehs.umt.edu/tes/fieldexp/formdocs/highlights_events/Paxson%20iPad%20Initiative%20Overviw.pdf

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