Talk:Integrating Technology In K12/Textbooks vs. iPad

Lyndsay, Here is an interesting article I found that may help you http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/replacing-a-pile-of-textbook-with-an-ipad/.

Here's another I came across you might find interesting:) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/nyregion/31owen.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=ipad&st=cse.

This one is great-it's a blog from an elementary school principle that did some research on the iPad, http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/why-the-ipad-absolutely-matters/3800?tag=mantle_skin;content.

I figured my section would be last and I voiced my concluding opinion at the bottom (I thought I was able to do this, since I had knowledge of the disadvantages:) I will check again on Tuesday to make some contributing remarks to your entries:)

Hey guys- I wrote a short introduction paragraph, but the features section is going to take a little while longer because there are so many. Any advice on which ones I should focus on? I should be able to have a decent amount up by tonight sometime, and then after I read our advantages and disadvantages sections I'll write my opinion paragraph at the end.--Zach

Hello Zach and Amy!! :) I know it's late but I've been working a lot since last class. Amy, I hope it's ok that I fixed a couple grammer errors while reading over your section. I changed the word (used to) to (use to) and changed the end of your paragraph that mentioned special needs children. I put it in person first tense (children with special needs). I will add some information tonight about the advantages and continue to work on it throughout the next couple of days. It looks GREAT so far!!

Hey Zach & Lyndsay, Thanks for changing my errors:) Zach- I would suggest finding features that would be beneficial for using ipads as textbooks, ie. the ability to interact with illustrations rather than looking at 2-D photos on paper, those types of things:)  I'm sure you'll come up with something good!

Almost Happy Thanksgiving... :) Not sure if either of you checked your email but I just noticed that the deadline is extended to Dec 1st which is a Wednesday.. I think it will be nice to be able to talk about what we have done before submitting the final project. I am the type of person who writes and then re-writes and is constantly changing my sentences. I thought I would mention that so you both don't think I left something unfinished... Oh.. and I noticed in the email she said some were still using the class example form and we have to put it in book form with our names. I think I may know how to do that but I don't want to mess anything up. :) Any suggestions?? Zach-- Maybe mention something about all the featured apps that allow communication between classmates and classmates and teachers. (Does that make sense?) There are so many apps out there it's crazy.

Lyndsay, I think Dr. Kim was referring to the url that some groups were using. We had a different url for the class activity than we have for our actual assignment. Our contributions are in the right place, we don't need to worry about this comments as far as I understood. She was just letting us know we should be on the page where she typed in all the chapters along with our group names:) I'll check back Monday for additional contributions.  Hopefully we can have this completed by Monday night, so we have Tuesday to submit our final project.  Do you guys think this is possible with your schedules?  Let me know, I know we're all overwhelmed with the end of the semester approaching:)  Thanks! Amy

Hello Again, Although it's late I hope you get this in the morning. I am going to add my last paragraph before class tomorrow but am having a hard time adding my resources so hopefully someone can help me before we submit it. Lyndsay-

Hey guys! Just a reminder that all our contributions should be in by today so we each have until noon tomorrow to edit. Then, anytime after noon we can submit our chapter to D2L:) Amy

I just finished up my sections. I divided our opinions into separate paragraphs so we can each do our own (I believe this is what we planned, but correct me if I'm wrong). Lyndsay if you add your opinion I think we should pretty much be done. Please edit anywhere you see mistakes in my sections and I'll do the same for yours. --Zach

Zach, Not sure if your still on here or not but I just noticed that your section was not 1000 words. I am having a hard time writing 1000 words.... Just thought I would see if you were finished completely or not. I could be mistaken just wondering

Ok.. I am getting frusterate because I have been trying to get my resources in for the last few days. Here they are for now and I will have to email Dr. Kim Tomorrow.

http://www.apple.com/education/why-apple/ http://www.edutechnophobia.com/2010/02/six-ways-the-ipad-will-transform-education/ http://ilearntechnology.com/?tag=ipad http://www.macworld.com/article/153672/2010/08/ipaded.html http://singularityhub.com/2010/09/13/ipads-instead-of-textbooks-trial-underway-in-california-middle-schools-video/

Lyndsay, Did you try to just put the email addresses in the text after you used them and try to sign out and log back in to see if they would format? I was hoping you'd leave them in there where they belong because when I signed out over night and logged back in the next day, they were reformatted. Otherwise just put them in where they belong and I can try to help you:) Amy

I'm a little concerned about the length of our chapter, Lyndsay, you must still be working on your part because I don't see that you've entered "done", Zach, are you finished or are you adding to your section? I know you guys are aware of your length requirement and just wanted to check to see if you are continuing to work on reaching the 1000. :) Thanks! Amy

I think I'm pretty much done. I'm at about 900 words, so I think I should be okay, and I don't really know if I can stretch it anymore. I fixed a few typos or grammatical errors I saw, nothing big though. I think we should be alright with what we have.--Zach

i am truly satisfied with my section and feel adding anymore information will not add much to the section. I sent an email out to Nari and am waiting to hear back from her. I tried putting my resources and its not working still.. Zach, do you have any references? I think we need to put it in apa style.

I basically just used one website. I added it to the bottom of the references list, but I couldn't get it to be numbered correctly...if you guys can figure it out great, otherwise it's probably not a big deal.

This will be my last time in the discussion section of wiki. I emailed Nari and she said close to 1000 is fine. Everyone elses site has a reference section using APA style.. Not sure if anyone did that but mine are still at the end of each paragraph. I was hoping they would format but they haven't yet so I might put mine under your Zach.

I am done with my part and have to submit the wikibook now (since I'm going to bed:) I figured out how to move your resources, so I think they should all be formatted the same now. Have a great night! Amy