stephen reck - technology&education

iPad Apps for Science Students

Tablets are certainly the current hot item in educational technology. Teachers are willing to forgo some functionality in exchange for portability and a smaller price tag. The leader in this emerging category is clearly the iPad. Apple has hit it out of the park with this device, selling it before consumers even realized they wanted such a tool.

One of the reasons for iPad's success is its extensive collection of applications. Here's a list of the 40 Most Awesome iPad Applications for Science Students. And remember, this is just the beginning of tablet computing.

Schools Adopting iPad

 

There was an interesting story in the New York Times a couple days ago. It seems that with every new technology Apple creates, schools are always major focus of their sales and marketing strategy. The high school I work at owns over 1,900 MacBooks, while iPod Touch labs are also becoming a familiar sight in schools. It isn't surprising that we are now seeing Apple's newest product, the iPad, infiltrate our classrooms, too. The article does a great job of analyzing the academic benefits of iPads versus the costs of iPads. Sure iPads are beautiful, engaging, and probably a great classroom resources, but they're also expensive. The school in the article payed $750 for each new device. It's an expensive hobby, but is it worth it?