Comments on: 5 Reasons Why The Apple iPad Will Revolutionize Education

By: Henry

Henry — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:49:49 +0000

Your reasons are not convincing at ALL. Very little effort has been made in your article to provide a deeper insight and broader knowledge. You just say very subjective things that only about what you THINK. Your thoughts cannot give a good article …

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:54:25 +0000

I don’t believe that the iPad will change education at all.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:04:08 +0000

I think, as a college student, that this is not as big a draw for me as you make it seem. You said:
“The UI of the iPad will allow a student to be collaborating in Grockit in one second, in a full color page textbook the next second, and then on the internet surfing for info they are about to share with their classmate”

But this will really be quite difficult when the iPad doesn’t support multiple apps running at the same time. It will be a pain to be unable to, say, keep a web page open and loaded while reading a book or using your service.

By: Arvind Ashok

Arvind Ashok — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:37:19 +0000

Interesting thoughts and I agree with the premise. But in my opinion, not sure if the hundreds of thousands of apps is an advantage. I am a designer and someone who is very interested in the field of education, specifically in designing in the developing world and I do believe that the iPad might succeed where the OLPC failed. Funnily enough, one was made specifically for the developing and under-developed countries while the more consumerist product might succeed there!

In my opinion, I believe what is required is a more constrained approach. For example, the proliferation of apps is just pure junk and noise and will spoil the experience, if the purpose is education. Distractions, stumbling around and making discoveries are definitely part of learning but the entire ecosystem must be designed that way. For example, grockit, Knewton, Inkling etc coupled with MIT lectures, Feynman lectures, podcasts etc will be an invaluable resource. But suppose you had thousands of podcasts on similar topics by different people, you might be confusing students as to which one to study. A loose map is required to ensure consistent learning and progress. I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts and if/why mine are flawed

By: Robert Talbert

Robert Talbert — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:28:20 +0000

I don’t see this device revolutionizing anything, anytime soon, unless it gets Flash support, an OS capable of multitasking, and a camera. Version 2.0 of this device may well change the game in education. The one announced yesterday is just a beta.

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By: Leif

Leif — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:39:26 +0000

Retail’s $499 (start) actually.