Here is a list of apps for iPads representing a cross-section of curriculum from eSchoolNews that can be used as teaching and learning tools.
For schools considering iPad (or any tablet for that matter) initiatives, wireless and Internet bandwidth are also important issues. Downloading the apps and the apps communicating to the internet themselves could use bandwidth. One or two aren’t likely to break the proverbial bandwidth bank but large increments access the same app at the same time could. The snowball effect could really resonate when bandwidth is already at a premium. According to this NationalJournal article it already is at a deficit.
As noted in the Capacity Modeling post (and really in the presentation), planning for devices such as iPads especially when rolled out in class-based or school-based sets can be the difference between making the technology ubiquitous to the learning process or having it become the focus because there aren’t enough resources.
