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The article The Dos and Don'ts for Integrating iPads, the author gives a few suggestions on how to let students explore with iPads in the classroom and to trust that students will use them appropriately. The authors suggestions were valid and he even went ahead and gave suggestions for how to ease reluctant teachers feelings about using iPads in their classrooms.
Johnson, Ben. (2013, August 1). The dos and don'ts for integrating iPads. Edutopia. Retrieved on August 2, 2013. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/dos-donts-ipad-technology-integration-ben-johnson?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EdutopiaNewContent+%28Edutopia%29
The main problem I have with Ipads is that I don't own one and I'm not familiar with Apple products. I would have a difficult time troubleshooting issues if they occur.
ReplyDeleteSo this is just my opinion, but Apple product are more user friendly than anything else I have come across. I have tried using different products, but in the end I always go back to Apple products. There is little to do for troubleshooting. The creators of each App regularly update them to fix the "bugs" that pop up and if worse comes to worse I just delete the App are reinstall it and 99% of the time it works like new. My five year old is a wizard on the iPad and this is with little to no help from me. Most free Apps have adds for other Apps and my son usually finds fun, educational games for himself. The only time he needs me is to type in the password to download the App he desires. All in all I feel that because the iPad is so user friendly there really isn't any need to be worried about fixing an issue.
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