Have we ever thought to exchange books with iPad?
Instead of using textbook of using textbook, printing papers, buying files and bags for you books, pen, pencils, rubber! Why would you need all that? Just to learn ??!
What if we started using iPad Device for education here in Oman ?! What if i told you that people started learning using ipad. For example, UAE has recently launched the iPad Initiative. In fact, on September 9 , 2012, 14,800 iPad was distributed in 17 campuses belonging to the the three UAE Federal Higher Education institutions.
Students now can simply carry their ipad and go to school. Parents are pleased from the Financial side. Instead of buying all school tools and requirement they just buy an ipad which cost less than the cost of laptops combining it with the cost of the other school requirement.
Learning by ipad is much more easier than learning using textbook. Student wont worry about the size of the book and the weight. They also won't worry about losing there books or forgetting it. All your subjects will be downloaded in you ipad. Even us as university student its more easier for us to carry one ipad instead of carrying 3 books, notebook, and a laptop.
iPad initiative is also environmentally friendly. We can protect our environment from pollution by
reducing the number of paper that we use.
So why don't we start iPad Initiative in Oman ??! What do you think about it??
Is it a good start for us ?? Would it worth a try ??!
From my point of view, yes why not we start this initiative. the world now in constant development and so must the educational ways.Kids now will grow up using these things outside the school, imagine when they get back to school to find old books and computers with Core2 Duo processors.It will be a huge improvement in the sector to adapt the Ipad Initiative. all what we need is people that understand the way things are going.
ReplyDeleteWow! I really wanted to post smth like this in my blog ,too!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I thought of it, we need to start this initiative. We are so late..people are moving everything is improving our world is changing so we do need to change the way of teaching ,too. Our generation is more involved with electronics we accecpt things related to technology much faster and easier. We would like to have ikids in Oman ;)
It would be nice, even cheaper for the college as they don't have to buy paper books, just e-books, but what would happen if the iPads become old or get broken? It's a bit complicated.. and will students keep the iPads after they graduate?
ReplyDeleteGood question .. each student will have to buy his/her own iPad so they would take care of it n once its broken they will have to buy another one just like the phone .. you can't stay without your phone so once its old or broken, you get your self another one and that iPad will stay with you forever,even after graduate cause you will just download the subjects system or program. you will be able to use it in your daily life.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good idea to use this technology in our education in Oman,SO the gov should study more about how they can implement this step in the eduction .
ReplyDeleteI like your post luby ^^
Thanks Huda ;) .. And your definetly right they should study more about this initiative and start applying it for the coming genirations
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