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Currently, iPad has been equipped as a modern education tool which was introduced into American classrooms. Apple machine is on January 27, 2010 release of new products, the tablet can provide access to the Internet, send and receive email, view e-books, play audio or video capabilities.

Because the student in today’s classroom has been raised in an environment and culture different than those of their predecessors, their thought process is affected and it is important that the education system begins to cater to their learning needs. A new type of learning system needs to be devised, a sort of “Edutainment” as Prensky coins that incorporates the technology of these new types of students. It is important that learning is educational and also fun so that students will be interested and focused on their instruction.

Unfortunately, the study of the content is social fields, such as public relations, design and law, so not much I can reference technology or engineering education results. But from a heap of parameters, can be found in an IPAD students before and after a semester of attitude change. Normally, we pay more attention to the function of the IPAD table, took it as a Kindle, but statistics show that the students to use the IPAD, through a little after reading, but only surf the Internet (short-term reading). Check Email and the Internet is the main functions of the IPAD, basic unchanged. As the game platform with in fluent use increased, and after music platform, function, and survey engagements, social function, flat keep reading functions than is expected to be low, see the function of online video also fallen. Also found that the students first videos, probably the iTunes U is of guiding teacher for media, followed by Youtube. So the IPAD bring the biggest Email and Internet, it is convenient for this with the function of smart phones to overlap. You can also read PDF file on iPad for your study but you have to convert PDF to ePub for iPad with PDF to ePub converter.

For public relations professional, the students use the IPAD to see the video, (mybe it need a DVD to iPad converter) mainly for mobile platform, Apps is convenient, easy to organizations and sharing, with other members of the communication and cooperation, etc. To design major, the students as the main technology platform or professional development necessary tools, think that this is the development of the career necessary means, at the same time maintain online community is also important function. Lawyer, emphasize on professional independent thinking and prevent leak or litigation, so don't like social function, but the information immediately interested in this.

IPAD which is better than the boot, the biggest advantage of other media. And western education value group collaboration, groundbreaking thinking and the need to community communication, therefore IPAD is a kind of future development direction, my view is but others view of the echo.

I'm interested in is that the IPAD, multimedia function can put online practice (cloud computing), online feedback (instant survey) and textbooks (table) together, to the future will bring great influence on the construction of teaching material. According to the students’ feedback, IPAD, need to put more work, more time and more effort, it's because of the teachers to test the effect of the increase of extra work them. Generally speaking, if there is a fixed the answer of tests, student performance (have), but for IPAD almost no fixed the answer, the group bought the performance of students a lot better, because share more convenient.

Education effect, can be divided into Mr (for), AD spend), Community (files), Identity (Becoming). As a means of acquiring knowledge, IPAD and the traditional PC almost, but in practice and interactive learning, IPAD group have an advantage, advantage comes from Mobility (Mobility) and the Access (Instant availability), because PC boot need to wait, and IPAD use this Instant boot, availability, is to use the main reason for the IPAD a creative.

So, as educators , we should fully consider the various influencing factors when we intend to introduce iPad into university campus as an teaching tool! It is important to understand that an iPad is not a laptop replacement. It is also not a shared device, not really suited to a class set however it a wonderful personal asset for teachers and students in the classroom.

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