It has been about 3 weeks since I have had my iPad. The iPad has been very beneficial educationally The majority of the time I spend at school on my iPad is taking notes. In biology I can open Mr. Walker's notes from moodle and write my own personal notes as he continues to lecture. In Spanish class I have a whole folder for all of my Spanish notes. I can have all the types of conjugations, vocab, and other notes all on my iPad. I do not get to use my iPad doe Mr. Miller's class because he lectures to fast and I am not that fast as a typist. In English class I can take notes from our lecture and look up the defections of words to help me to understand what we are reading.
Another big part of my iPad usage goes to entertainment. This includes games and things like Facebook, twitter, YouTube, and Netflix. I love when I am bored at home to be ale to pull out my iPads and just lay down and watch a movie or tv show from Netflix. I also like being able to go on YouTube and look up videos. I also like the games that are available for the iPads. Among these may are also helpful for some of my classes. For example I have an iPad that is a game about the different parts of the brain that helped me for biology.
One of my favorite apps is Pages. Pages has been one of the most helpful apps I have. I can type a paper at home on word and the email it to my self and open it pages. This allows me to work on papers in the car or at lunch etc. It is also very easy to take notes on and add images for notes or study guides. I will miss my iPad over the summer and look forward to how the iPads will be integrated into the curriculum.
