Using the iPad and tablets for homeschooling.
If you are using the latest iOS you can easily organize your apps for education. For Christmas two of my children got old iPhones (3G with iOS 4) from their too kind Uncle. Now I am trying to use iPhones for my kids education. To do this I decided to organize all the education apps based on the following categories: Pre-school Tracing (letters & numbers) Reading Writing Math Science Drawing ...
Vizio Tablet hands-on preview — Engadget. Another possible tablet for educational use. The intersting thing about this tablet is the screen size is 8 inches. Still waiting on price and timing.
Official Google Research Blog: Letting everyone do great things with App Inventor. Now I will be waiting for a good tablet that can be used with the AppInventor.
If you want to get your hands on a Nook Color for yourself you can go into a Barnes&Noble store and try one out. I stoped by the other day to see for myself what one looks and feels like. I also wanted to check out how online ebooks looked like from www.childrenslibrary.org . The books looked pretty good however the 7 in. screen seems to be somewhat limiting. I don’t...
Advantages for using tablets for homeschooling: It is more like a book and can be less like a computer. You only have to keep track of one item as opposed to many books. You can have your children gather around the tablet. (this may not work so well with 7 inch tablets) Touch interface is more relaxed and a little more hands on. Many ebooks are available for free Software/apps...
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