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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>The decision has been made Allison which is unfortunate for your
school as not only does the iPad not support Flash but it also does not support
Java. So you can’t run java apps like Geogebra in Maths, which is worth
its weight in gold. There are many programs that teachers use to help students
to understand concepts in particular learning areas that are not about
communication, collaboration and research (some of the web 2.0 stuff). These
will not run on the iPad. It will be interesting to see how much of the “cloud
computing software “ will run on it without problems. Try running
Mathletics and I think that you will have a problem with that as well. I
am sure that in the next year or so things will change, but the range of
activities that you can carry out on the iPad now, that have educational value is
limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Good luck in trying to develop a curriculum-at least it is only
year 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Cheers Don <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allison KENINS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 4 November 2010 6:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> sofdev@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 SofDev] Ipad in schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"'>Hi
All<br>
<br>
Sorry for not being specific to Software Development. <br>
My school is introducing iPads to our incoming year 7’s and throwing out
the textbooks in all subjects. As my other method is maths and this is a
concern to a few of the other teachers, I was wondering if anyone else’s
school is doing something similar and wanting to know what you think. Major
concern for us is that we use lots of websites that are Flash based and
therefore wont work (as far as I’ve been told) and we now need to redevelop
our year 7 curriculum before the start of next year.<br>
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Any comments would be welcome.<br>
<br>
Allison<br>
Ringwood Secondary College</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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