IPAD

The Ipad piloting program has proven to be a truly beneficial experience for me.  Having a personal electronic device not only gives me more accessibility to the internet and other school-orientated apps, but also has helped to organize my school life.  With such things as the reminders and calendar app, I can better prepare for the school day by simplifying my schedule with certain things such as tests and assignment due dates.   Along with this, the various note taking apps are very resourceful, for not only can I more neatly and clearly organize my classnotes, i can add videos, drawings, or pictures from the internet when nessecary.  And since all my notes are all consolidated onto one device, I am more likely to go over them than I was when I was taking such notes with normal pen and paper.  I am able to use the device for all of my classes and it was helped in various ways in all of them.  The Ipad also serves as a very different tool when creating projects and presentations, in which we have been doing in A.P. U.S. History frequently.  I can make presentations, collages, drawings, or videos with much more ease than using a normal computer, especially since we can colloborate with our groupmates and share the project over a connection.

There have been some technical problems, but quite honestly, that was expected.  Certain sites take longer to download and there is always some lag when scrolling around on the website.  It is rather easy to delete texts and notes without really noticing.  Other than that, it is just trying to figure out how the applications function as we go.