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 EPS 415 : Technology and Educational Reform  Summer 2012  Professor Nicholas Burbules  Co-Instructor Adam Rusch
 * iPads as Mobile Devices

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The five of us offer what we believe is the needed information and examples of how iPads can be implemented in a school district. We believe that we have developed a resource for any school considering to use iPads in the classroom. We believe that schools that implement mobile devices such as iPads have students who benefit both educationally and with other life skills such as technology skills and successful communication in the written and online format.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We hope that by utilizing our wiki on iPads in the classroom that teachers and students will be able to experience opportunities that were not available before mobile devices in the classroom such as mobility, utilizing apps to enhance classroom content, and creating their own content.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We recognize the challenges that schools face when thinking about implementing iPads in the classroom such as legalities, distribution among district schools, and the need for professional development. We hope that by addressing some of these needs would help a school district think about the needs and challenges that may come from a new implementation of iPads or any other mobile device. Please use our research and information as a springboard as your district discusses the idea of mobile device implementation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We believe the technology of mobile devices like iPads will be the future for schools and the future of mobile learning. We hope to see more schools investing in devices such as iPads and tablets where students can benefit from the amazing resources available in apps and technology rather than continuing to invest in laptops that are bulky and lack the added benefits of thousands of apps. We believe that education will begin to focus on how to utilize more digital information rather than printed texts. We believe that education will need to focus on communication and social applications when teaching students in educational settings in addition to thinking, problem solving, and content area concepts.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Please continue to our first page, Introduction of the iPad