i-Pods and i-Pads for use with education

Ways in which iPod and iPad devices can be used in the classroom http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/ http://www.apple.com/education/ipodtouch-iphone/
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·         I-Pods can be used as an e-learning device. ·         Regardless of their small size, teachers can enable learning with entire library of reference materials, interactive lessons, and other applications which can be used anywhere. ·         Teachers can get students to access apps for every subject and every stage of learning.  ·         iPods can have more than 20,000 educational applications of all kind for example from science to sign language. ·         Kids are enjoying using the device but are learning at the same time.  It creates enthusiasm among students and this makes it an engagement tool. (Flitch Green Academy) ·         Students can download books from the iBookstore. ·         Students can use Keynote to create presentations with custom graphic styles, elegantly designed themes, and stunning animations and effects. ·         Pages has what students need to create beautiful documents, including Apple-designed templatesand easy to use formatting tools. ·         Numbers has 250 easy to use functions, a keyboard flexible tables, and eye-catching charts and spreadsheets. ·         With iTunes, students can listen to lectures, read books, watch videos, and stay on top of assignments. ·         A teacher can use iPods to send a message to students who will receive a push notification with the new information.	·         Young students such as year 2 pick up skills and learn using an i-Pad at an incredibly quick rate.  (Flitch Green Academy). ·         Students engage with content in interactive ways ·         They find information in an instant ·         They can access an entire library wherever they go. ·         I-Pads provide creativity for kids in many ways.  One of those is a hands-on touch screen feature where they can enlarge, minimize and move pictures with the tips of their fingers. ·         Students can flip through book pages by sliding their finger on thumbnail images of the pages. ·         They can instantly look up word definitions. ·         They can access large photo gallery or images with interactive captions. ·         A finger can be used to rotate a 3D object to show every angle. ·         Instead of using the same book year after year, students can access the latest version of a novel by downloading the latest version for a small price. ·         Using the iWork for iPad: Pages, Keynote and Numbers, teachers can guide students to create professional-looking documents, presentations and spreadsheets. ·         The Learning manager can share the content of their screen with the students by connecting their iPad to an HDTV or use AirPlay to stream wirelessly to any HDTV via Apple TV ·         Through iTunes, a teacher can create a course for their students and invite them to enrol in it with a code or URL ·         The content of the course can include a syllabus, handouts, quizzes, and so on.