Paul Alex Briseno

1:1 in Practice at Sinarmas World Academy: Why I Gave Back the MacBooks and Asked for iPads

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Yes – I gave back the MacBooks! Why? I have always been interested in the ‘What if?’. When I first began to use iPads in classrooms (just after they had been released), I always wondered what it would be like … Continue reading → via http://bit.ly/OGuzW4

The difference here is there are so many MORE things that I can do BETTER with iPads.

#1 Differentiation

Ok, I have a typical class. There are the high achievers, the middle and the strugglers. iPads can help me differentiate so well. It’s easy to put different apps on different machines to cater to the learner.

#2 Instant-ness

Ok, maybe this is not really a word, but the iPads work a little like using instant noodles - or IndoMie as we call it in Indonesia. It looks up the word, it speaks the word all in the same screen just by a simple tap. In most apps you can take photos right inside the app. I particularly like the WP Blog app and being able to photograph and post ‘on the fly’. Oh - and if you want to undo your typing - just shake the iPad.