“The soon-to-be-introduced iPad has the potential to change the buying dynamics in both the secondary and higher education markets,” Wolf writes. “At $500 before typical education discounts, the iPad is price competitive with all the PCs schools now purchase. And the device has the potential to go much further if, as it appears certain, education content is customized for the iPad to exploit its unique multimedia capabilities. It is not difficult to imagine classrooms where the iPad takes center stage, capturing a significant percentage of the school market in the process.”
Customization of educational content for the iPad is critical. It can’t just be videos embedded in between blocks of text though. Publishers need to view the iPad (and “new” tablet/slate compututers) as an avenue for new experiences for their users. The “experience” that people have had with current e-readers is not too far off from the printed versions of books that sit on shelves.
As much as I would like to see the iPad play an important role in the school market… I hope it does not take “center stage”. As educators our focus should be on the learner, not the tool they use to learn.
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