Wednesday, May 18, 2011

iPad 1st Impressions

In I.T, we were experimenting with the iPads, as if we were 'quality control testers', we played with them and there was some good stuff, but there are some downsides as well. Here are some of the things we tested them on.

1. Internet Access - as you know, the iPad can connect to the internet, its how fast it works. Now I check PowerSchool often, to see in my grades improve or go down, I was so glad when I saw that there was a Powerschool app, and it worked really well. The internet connection, when I used it, was awesome and I couldn't see any problems with it at all. I could log in straight away, no lag or errors at all

2. Consistency - the consistency of the internet is how long a computer can have a good signal, and with the iPad, the consistency was really good. As far as I know, it held a good internet connection almost all the time, it was pretty good internet, then again, I haven't used it much for the class, since all the field trips and this blogpost.

3. Tips and Tricks - now I haven't used the iPad much, and I have basically only 10% experience with them. All I know is that you can rotate the iPad to make it horizontal or vertical to your pleasing. Another things I know is that no matter what you do in GarageBand it will almost always sound catchy

4. Apps - right now, there are a lot of apps for learning like math, science and spelling. I bet that there are a billion apps with educational purposes, and that with the right apps, can be used any where, like a astronomy app for science, it will surely make the class more fun

5. One problem I see is that there is no App store, I mean, I'm not going to buy or download any at all, but I would like to browse through to see if there are any useful apps for class, other than that and the fact there isnt my preferred internet browser (Google Chrome), I can't find any more problems.