Ipads

Recently we welcomed some new editions to the district... Yep, you guessed it, IPADS!!!!! They will be rotated amongst teachers in the district to help us get a grip on just how powerful and useful they can be in education. Besides just looking cool, these new devices can take advantage of the thousands of apps that are available from the ITunes apps store. Ipads, just like iPod touches, allow users to carry their multimedia with them such as music and videos, but new to the Ipad is the bookstore. This feature allows the user to view free or purchased ebooks in either portrait or landscape view. Besides best sellers and novels, the future will bring IPad users the ability to purchase educational textbooks in the epub format. It is very possible that within a few years(or less), students would only need to carry 1 single device around school. No more backpacks,no more pencils, what about lockers??? Sorry, Im getting ahead of myself. For now we'll just continue with the evaluations and collect as many opinions as possible.

The final session of the year of How Do I Do That will be held on Tuesday, May 18 in the Media Center at Marshall Simonds Middle School. The session will be open from 2-4pm.

The May session will focus on the exciting changes in technology and new products being used in Burlington Public Schools. Many of these changes began this year, however, most will be noticed moving forward into the 2010-2011 school year. The introduction of more mini laptops, portable Internet devices, a new network system, and the new student information system will provide a significantly improved technology infrastructure for our schools.

The session will also feature Apple's new iPad and some of the best apps available for education.

Contact Dennis Villano for more information:

villano@burlington.mec.edu