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E VELYN A SCHENBRENNER Staff Writer
There’s more to iPads than Angry Birds and other entertainment apps. Last Friday at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kepano Kekuewa, an account executive at Apple, discussed ways to use iPads in the classroom. His talk, “Using Apple Mobile Technologies for Language Learning,” attracted about 20 students and faculty, many toting MacBooks and iPads to take notes on his presentation. His slide show (presented on
an iPad) showed uses for the iPad in different academic settings. Some of the ideas presented were software that can save time, such as notetaking apps that allow students to record lectures while taking shorthand. Others were more innovative, such as video software for presentations, and software that can translate signs on the wall. “If the concept of a textbook is being transformed, so is the concept of the library,” he said. The fi rst floors of libraries used to be reference sections, but now, they are typically computer labs and
meeting spaces. Instead of reference books, most students get their content and information from the Internet. Also, Kekuewa said that Apple has been talking to textbook publishers about the possibility of making textbooks available as e-books. IPads can serve unexpected purposes in the classroom. For example, surgeon Maki Sugimoto of Teikyo University used an iPad to do diagnostic reviews of patient images with his students, and has used Apple technology to project CT and MRI onto a patient’s body when preparing for surgery, leading to better surgical results. “Let’s get rid of paper,” said Kekuewa, showing a slide of a massive stack of binders. Cal State Fullerton, he said, found that its faculty accumulated an average of fi ve and a half feet of paper at the end of an academic year. When the university purchased iPads, it found there was a 35 to 50 percent savings in photocopying and other printing costs. Since the university’s paper budget was 1.6 million, the iPads actually saved the school money. There’s another way iPads can be more cost effective: battery life. “This thing sucks so little power, that’s another consideration,” he said. The average battery life of an iPad is about 10 hours. Traditional comput-
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ers require a lot of energy, which can affect cost. For example, a class that requires that students have laptops rewired the classroom so laptops could be charged – at a cost of $40,000. The longer battery life, he said, “changes the way we use technology on campus.” One of the audience members, Dongping Zheng, asked if Apple has collaborative intentions with research institutions. A great deal of iPad deployments are driven by grants, Kekuewa said. “The bookstore is our partner on campus,” he said. “If you need to buy Apple products, I suggest the bookstore.” Apple gives money back to the university for Apple products purchased there. UH’s bookstore is an authorized Apple seller, which is part of the campus stores program. This means that it earns “campus development funds” when it sells Apple products. The store can use those funds to reduce operating costs, and can pass those savings on to students. There are drawbacks to technology, aside from cost. For example, UH’s Laulima website is difficult to use on an iPad, an audience member commented. Also, sometimes analog methods are still best. A professor who teaches Chinese said he still has students practice writing, even though Pinyin is widely used to input characters on computers. “It’s difficult to have the characters stick in your mind, because you have no motor memory of writing it,” he said. For more information, see: http://www.apple.com/education/
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