Teaching with the iPad (and Angry Birds)

For some, the jury is still out on the potential of Apple's popular iPad tablet device as a learning tool. Not for Jenna Linskens, Kristi Shaw, Robert Wagner, and Marian University, the small Catholic and Franciscan school in Indianapolis where they all teach. Marian offers a three-credit course to masters students in the graduate school of education on the iPad. Although that class is primarily attended by grad students, it has also become popular with local K-12 teachers. More...