iPad Thoughts
Think back to before iPods. Remember? How many of you had an mp3 player?? Didn’t the invention of the iPod create an industry, change an industry? It doesn’t mean you HAVE to purchase an iPod, just that most of your music is digital.
I firmly believe that the iPad will do the same revolutionary change to textbooks and books in general. Imagine how great it will be to go into iTunes U, download your book and have up to date text . audio . video . interactive assessments on your device within minutes. The price of the textbook goes down as the publishers no longer have to print, rather use dashcode to create apps out of the already online content. If there are textbook publishers out there, contact me, I’m more than willing to be the beta site for this to happen at the high school level.
Lots of people are writing about what is missing from the device. I don’t think that really matters, things will change, Apple will add features. We’ll figure out why they left off a feature, and LOVE that they did. Yes, I’ve had some of the Apple kool-aide. But really, who doesn’t think they change the way we …
The revolution has started, I’m ready to participate.
Tags: creativity, education, visioning