Using iPad textbooks

Even though this video is taking about K-12 using iPad textbooks I could see the benefit of using the iPad to hold all course textbooks for colleges as well. What is really powerful is that Apple is opening up "iBook Author" to allow anyone to create a textbook for their courses!

http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/includes/video-textbooks.html#video-textbooks

http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/

15 Favorite iPad Apps As Selected By Teachers

As it turns out, free apps really outweighed paid apps in our survey responses. Here I list eleven free apps that rose to the top of the list when ranked by numbers of votes, followed by four paid apps that performed as well as the lower ranking free apps. Evernote and Dropbox easily rose to the no. 1 & 2 spots in the ranked list, with about 1 out of 3 respondents recommending at least one of these two popular applications.


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iPads in the Classroom Boost Test Scores

http://techland.time.com/2012/02/22/new-study-finds-ipads-in-the-classroom-boost-test-scores/

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-31747_7-57363113-243/ipads-in-classroom-provide-20-percent-jump-in-math-scores-study-says/

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