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Exploring the Student Administration Potential of Apple’s iPad: A Proof of Concept

If there’s one tech device in 2010 that has made a significant impact on the landscape of our culture, it’s Apple’s iPad. Announced in January, speculation ran wild for months as to what users could expect from the device. It was an immediate hit upon launch in April, with one million iPads sold in just 28 days.

While it has incredible appeal as a consumer electronics device (nothing beats iPad Scrabble), educators and administrators immediately began contemplating the potential uses for the classroom. At SunGard Public Sector, we were eager to develop real-world use cases that would allow us to demonstrate our products being used on the iPad. Thanks to the hard work of our developers, we were able to get our products up on the iPad in a matter of days.

This video demonstrates the impact that SunGard Public Sector’s solutions for K-12 education can have when deployed on a mobile device. Feel free to offer your comments and questions below.

The iPad’s Best Classroom Apps (For Now)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock and that rock has been located on Mars, you’ve probably noticed some of the hype surrounding Apple’s recent release of the iPad. From an education perspective, there’s been conversation from the product’s announcement that this device could prove to be a game-changer for the classroom.

Though it’s in the early stages of release, there are already some amazing apps available to help bring learning to the iPad, and Tech Tools has a rundown.

It’s an exciting time for tablet technology from a consumer perspective, and there’s reason to be optimistic about classroom applications as well. With time and evolution will come lower prices and improved functionality. Do you think we’ll see widespread use of iPads or other tablet computers in the K-12 classroom anytime soon, or is such an evolution years away?