A recent university study shows that the iPad helps students succeed in school. Unsurprisingly, the research found that iPad-equipped students not only excel in everyday learning of material, but that students with iPads also do better on tests.
Unfortunately, research has still not discovered how an iPad can write your term paper for you...
Apple's iPad is starting to pop up in all kinds of places, from American Football clubs, to schools. Now, iPads are beginning to infiltrate schools in the UK.
According to The Telegraph, Longfield Academy in Kent is offering pupils the chance to use iPads during the coming school year, beginning in September. The move will see pupils using iPads as interactive learning tools, with tech support provided by the school itself...
It's that time of year, folks. 'Back to School' season is in full swing for students everywhere.
We've got a special, super-sized selection of apps for those who are gearing up for the coming school season...
Typically, gadgets are frowned on by teachers and affiliated staff (or as I like to call them, education enforcers). But that doesn't seem to be the case at Lake Minneola High School in Lake County Florida.
According to the SunSentinel, Lake Minneola will be the first public school in Central Florida to purchase an iPad for every student. The move is part of a state pilot program designed to save money on textbooks, and offer a new approach to education...
This story makes so much sense that I feel inferior for only realizing the potential just now. The idea of using a touchscreen to help children suffering from autism is brilliantly simple. The fact is that the iPhone might have the best and most simple system in iOS and the two were destined to help each other.
News Channel 10 out of Amarillo Texas has a report that centers on the benefits of using the iPhone to help the children dealing with the ailments that autism has. An app that focuses itself on speech therapy works by having the kids just touch the correct picture of whatever sound is being played. Magical, isn't it?
Everyone has had times in our lives where a good hour on the couch with Dr. Shrink to help sort out the root of our inner turmoils. What if you could receive the same sort of therapeutic release by simply opening an app on your iPhone?
Ideas like that are exactly what a Business Insider article focuses on. Various accredited universities and academics discuss the development of apps designed to specifically center on whatever mental heath issue you may be dealing with. If it sounds a bit peculiar, you're right on the money...
TechCrunch announces some inspiring statistics released by Apple that show the educational access platform, iTunes U has leaped over 350,000 available files. Even more impressive is nearly half of the 800 plus universities worldwide that have active iTunes U accounts are distributing their content publicly.
Also revealed were the 300 million downloads recorded to date that are free of charge. Institutions supplying the content include Harvard, MIT, Oxford, and University de Montreal...