Technology: Ipad (Handheld Digital Device)
How is this technology used? An Ipad can be used in a variety of ways in the education sector. An example from personal experience is that here at Washington-Lee we have a few classrooms where teachers have a cart of Ipads for students to use as a subsitute for computers. They are much more convinient and take up less space in the classroom than computers and have all the same basic capabilities such as Internet access that can be used when doing research for a project.
Advantages: Technology, like an Ipad, is much easier and useful for students when it comes to things such as research. A textbook and an Ipad are about the same size, but with an Ipad students can find multiple sources faster and easier than the time it would take them to scan through big textbooks looking for the same information.
Disadvantages: An Ipad, with capabilities such as internet access and the option of installing games and apps can provide more of a distraction to students than a teaching tool, with that being said, if there are students who get easily distracted than they would get LESS work done with the Ipad as opposed to a stack of textbooks holding the same information.
Social & Ethical Issues: People and Machines can be a big factor, because while many kids in this day of age are tech savvy there are some kids who have never used an Ipad or any kind of similar technology, so to take the time out to go over how to use an Ipad could take away from valuable class time the teachers might have needed.
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