Good editorial article from Fraser Speirs regarding Apple’s recently announced products and tools for education, and, most importantly, the iPad.
Apple’s announcements further iPad revolution in education | Macworld
The iPad has begun a quiet revolution in education. All over the world, schools are putting ambitious plans in place to adopt Apple’s tablet at large scale. When parents, teachers and administrators are surveyed, converting textbooks into electronic publications is often one of the main purposes that respondents imagine an iPad in school could be used for. It’s usually the parents and school administrators who are most enthusiastic about this—students and teachers often have more imagination!