Apple Ipad And Elearning

Apple iPad and eLearning

Apple recently launched its tablet PC the iPad. Tablet PC is a PC in a different form factor that lies somewhere between a Laptop and a Smart Phone. You can carry it much easily than a laptop but it does not fit your pocket. As of now, it does not seem to be requirement of masses simply because people are comfortable using their laptops for general stuff and using mobile phones for calling and messaging.

However, it has potential to fulfill needs in some niche markets. It can be great tool for graphic designing, an artist can just draw on iPad using digital pen as one would draw on a sheet of paper using normal ink pen. But that market would still be limited. A bigger market could be the education sector. Teachers can use it to teach students remotely using live web-meetings (Ex. BigGyan Web-meeting). The main advantage is that it is comfortable to write using a digital pen on a tablet PC than writing using mouse/scratchpad on a laptop. Students do lot of writing work. Tablet PC could be useful to them also. They could use it to take notes and prepare assignment, may be even write exams. I am waiting for Apple to launch a low cost tablet PC for students and teachers; they probably can call it iStu. As of now, I am going to buy an iPad. Hope it meets my expectations.

Poem – I am going to buy an iPad
By Diipak Gupta

I am going to buy an iPad,
Hope, it is not just a passing fad.

They say it is a tablet PC,
Looks like a big iPhone to me, you got to see,

Why you need it, I am not sure,
But I am going to try it once, for its pure lure.

It has got the Apple touch, it has got all the sex,
I am going to see if it can make me flex.

It is an incredible experience says Steve Jobs,
The guy knows how to wow the mobs.

It looks as sexy as Kareena Kapoor,
As it has been launched with such grandeur.

So, it has big feature set, it also has the zing,
The good thing is that there is always one more thing.

Tags: Apple, Elearning, Ipad