{"id":2606,"date":"2011-06-29T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2011-06-29T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T14:49:58","slug":"first-thoughts-on-the-ipad-2-for-teachers-initial-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/first-thoughts-on-the-ipad-2-for-teachers-initial-thoughts","title":{"rendered":"First Thoughts on the iPad 2 for Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Conference<\/a>After eight months of using the iPad, I had the chance yesterday to learn about and use the iPad 2. The local school district sponsored a workshop called iPad for Educators: Batteries Included, and a new iPad was included in the cost of the class. The title of the workshop was slightly misleading, however. I was expecting to be shown how the iPad could be used as a teaching tool, but a better title would have been iPad for Beginners, since the majority of the time was spent on giving us a basic introduction to the device and its built-in apps. Towards the end of the class, though, I did learn about some apps I hadn’t seen or tried before. The school district plans on a follow-up course in August that will be more focused on using the iPad in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my takeaways from the workshop:<\/p>\n