| Beginning from the fall semester in 2010, some | | | | activities is not to catch the vogue of high |
| American universities is going to adopt iPad in | | | | technology, but to evaluate whether iPad is good for |
| teaching activities. Insiders said that it is not only a | | | | teaching and learning or not, whether iPad can |
| try to promote educational business with high | | | | improve students' learning, how iPad blends into |
| technology, but may also change the traditional | | | | students' daily life. At the same time, it is going to |
| teaching and learning method fundamentally. iPad is a | | | | verify whether iPad can save the cost of textbook, |
| touch-screen tablet PC with 9.7 inch screen and 680 | | | | whether students can blend into commercial society |
| gram. It is easy to be taken. It is one of the e-book | | | | well after graduate. Of course, they are also testing |
| that made by iPad company with the function of | | | | the limitation of iPad in teaching. According their plan, |
| searching internet, sending and receiving e-mail, | | | | Handy said, they will blend iPad into the whole |
| reading e-book and playing video or audio, etc. | | | | teaching and learning. Such as, student can buy digital |
| Since iPad have been appeared on the market, | | | | textbook and put the whole book into iPad. It can |
| college is also thinking what this small-screen but | | | | save about $100 cost, but also it is easy to search |
| large-function facility can do for students. It is | | | | internet anytime. |
| reported that some universities will adopt iPad in | | | | In addition, student can convert video to iPad about |
| teaching activities. The list includes: American | | | | their course or the presentation files before their |
| Oklahoma State University, Seton Hall University in | | | | class. Handy said it is easy to load e-book or iPad |
| Pennsylvania, Reed College, George Fox University, | | | | video without heavy schoolbag. What is more |
| North Carolina State University, etc. | | | | important, students can keep closed contact with |
| Most of the school which is going to carry out | | | | their classmates and teachers through IM Platform |
| experimental plan will provide a free iPad tablet PC | | | | whether in the class or not. |
| for each student. University of Maryland is also plan | | | | Of course, there are some persons in the American |
| to buy a batch of them, put the two-year course of | | | | academic field calling in question about the |
| "digital culture and creation" into practice with 60 | | | | experimental plan. In the 2010 spring semester, |
| students to arouse students' potential of exploiting | | | | Princeton University and George Washington |
| new technology adequately. Green, the principal of | | | | University' network got some wrong because of |
| information college item in American Scientific | | | | students' plentifully using iPad. What's more, students |
| Research Institution, showed great affirmative | | | | may play any kinds of game or entertainment when |
| attitude to the item. He said it is the process of | | | | using their iPad which will affect their school work. |
| exploring new teaching method; it is a sharing | | | | Experts predict that iPad and other kinds of e-book |
| experiment between college and student, textbook | | | | will play an important role in future education. Such as |
| publishing industry and e-book manufacturer. | | | | online teaching. In addition, the influence of teaching |
| Handy, one of the professors in Oklahoma State | | | | method will be more obvious, it will fundamentally |
| University, is in charge of the experimental work. He | | | | change the traditional teaching method and structure |
| said their college choosing iPad to assist teaching | | | | of textbook. |