{"id":2674,"date":"2011-10-26T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T17:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:16","slug":"ipads-are-a-tool-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"iPads Are a Tool in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr. Koops experiments with his "dummy proof" touch screen iPad. Photo by: Courtney Edge <\/p><\/div>\n

By Courtney Edge<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Some of the science and math teachers are using the iPad as a tool in the classroom. \u00a0 These teachers use the iPad for attendance, teaching, recording grades, presenting class material as well as other tasks.<\/p>\n

Mr. Philip Koops is a science teacher who uses the iPad in class for attendance\u00a0 so he can walk around the class and not have to carry his \u201cbulky computer around.\u201d He uses the iPad everyday because it is not hard to go from using the MacBook to the touch screen of the iPad. Mr. Koops likes this idea of the touch screens.\u00a0 He says they are \u201cdummy proof.\u201d Mr. Koops says he would rather use the MacBook for everyday use because it is easier to type on. He does like having the iPad as a tool in the classroom, but he says teaching is not easier with the iPad. Mr. Koops thinks that the iPad is convenient depending on what he is doing.<\/p>\n

Mr. Dwight Beguin is a math teacher, and he uses his iPad \u00a0to take attendance and has used it to take photos of class activity. He says that the iPad is lighter than the MacBook\u00a0 so it is easier to carry. Mr. Beguin uses the iPad everyday, but if the iPad could do all that the MacBook did, he would use it more often than the MacBook. He does like the touch screens, but he says the downside is that it could get smudges all over it. \u00a0Mr. Beguin says \u201celectronic devices don’t make teaching any easier, only motivated students do!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Earl Boyer is a math teacher, and he uses his iPad everyday. Mr. Boyer uses the iPad as a \u00a0\u201cmobile presenter, to take attendance, check email, a grade book, and to record short explanations for students.\u201d \u00a0He uses the iPad more than any other device in his classroom. Mr. Boyer says that the iPad is \u201cnever more than arm\u2019s length away.” He says that the iPad is more responsive than any other tablet he has seen. Mr. Boyer would use the iPad instead of MacBook because he can control the computers in his class with the iPad. \u00a0Mr. Boyer could not be without his iPad in the classroom. He says that the iPad is absolutely more convenient than the MacBook. Mr. Boyer thinks that teaching is much easier with the iPad because while he is teaching, he can get up and walk around the classroom.<\/p>\n

Mr. Paul Patrick is a science teacher who uses the iPad for grades and attendance. Mr. Patrick likes having the iPad for class, and he thinks it is not too hard to transfer from a Macbook to an iPad. He uses the iPad three to four times daily. The only thing Mr. Patrick has a problem with\u00a0 is that he receives a lot of emails. If he has to leave his classroom, he says he “would take the iPad because it is easier to carry around.\u201d<\/p>\n

PHS is keeping teachers and students up to date with new devices such as the iPad. This really keeps people in modern times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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