Saturday 15 October 2011

IOS 5 - Teaching

Well, I've not posted for awhile which is rather naught of me but I have been a bit busy in my defence. Lots has happened and I will try to update this blog over the weekend. I thought I would just post a few thoughts on the new IOS 5 and in particular the iPad2. I have to admit, I am very excited about the possibilities. The University of Greenwich, led buy the EDU is running an iPad project and there is one thing I really want to use and that is Apple TV. I love the new mirroring feature and this offers such a wonderful potential in classrooms. Imagine this:

An Apple TV plugged into a projector and the students working on projects using their iPads. With just one flick of a button the class will be able to see each others' content and interactively view each others' work. There is such great potential here I cannot wait! Yes, I know there was software out for PCs that did something similar for Powerpoint (I think it was called Sandra) but the ease of this, the flexibility it offers I am really looking forward to.

Anyway, just a thought.