tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7937030836170928152011-07-08T11:33:24.007-04:00Mike Gravitonoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793703083617092815.post-72984918773056084392010-03-31T14:04:00.004-04:002010-03-31T14:11:25.082-04:00With all the iPad looks capable of doing it makes sense as an educational tool and it looks like one college is taking the lead.<br /><br /><i>From Engadget.com:</i><br /><br />If there's one thing that universities are good at, it's dreaming up trendy technology initiatives. Apple knows that (as does <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/major-textbook-pubs-partner-with-scrollmotion-for-ipad-developme/">McGraw-Hill</a>) so it's no surprise that the company's been pushing to get the iPad adopted by schools around the country. And so it begins: Seton Hill University, a school in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has announced that starting this fall all full-time students will get a slate of their own. We thought that the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/kindle-dx-called-poor-excuse-of-an-academic-tool-in-princeton/">Kindle as textbook replacement</a> idea was a little whackadoodle, and we don't have much hope in the iPad as a textbook replacement either. But if the school's aim is to get students playing <i>Super Monkey Ball</i> and up-to-date on <i>Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew</i>, then we might have a winner here.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/%20">Original Article</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/793703083617092815-7298491877305608439?l=dorchesteracademytech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Gravitonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793703083617092815.post-22786028805516267302010-03-31T11:30:00.000-04:002010-03-31T11:33:06.605-04:00Welcome to the Dorchester Academy Tech Blog. I will be posting technology links relating to education as well as some items students or staff may find interesting. Input is welcome.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/793703083617092815-2278602880551626730?l=dorchesteracademytech.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mike Gravitonoreply@blogger.com1