With a revolutionary touch interface, wireless access, and amazing Applications the iPod Touch and iPad offer a new and exciting way to engage students. Because of their portability and ease of use they allow learning to happen quickly and in almost any situation. These very same features that are so engaging to the student could also cause concern for the IT staff on how to manage these devices.
In this session we will look at the various ways IT departments could manage iOS devices while providing all the features that allow iPad and iPod Touches to be world-class learning devices.
The iPad is an exciting new mobile device for education. This session will provide an overview of how the iPad is being used to significantly change the learning experience for students as it related to literacy (reading and language fluency), mathematic achievement and student participation. The session will provide an interactive experiences with the iPod exploring digital textbooks, Apps, free media resources, and productivity tools, which will greatly enhance K-12 instructional opportunities.