Apple’s iPad: What does this mean for the future of Web 2.0 and Google Docs?

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With the unveiling of Apple’s long-awaited tablet-style computer, educators are likely already wondering how this will affect the landscape of teaching and learning? I’m not sure what everyone else has had in mind, but here’s just my my vision for my class, once I get a technology grant (here’s hoping) to get a classroom set of these:

Apple iPad

• Tablets are easier to use on smaller student desktops than laptops have been
• Students can toggle easily between using a stylus to hand-write notes, or the keyboard to type
• Google docs becomes even more widely used in schools.
• Textbook companies sell all books in iBook format, and students read text Kindle-style
• Students use earplugs to assist them in reading
• Students use wiki-style collaboration to create real-time documents and projects
• The $500 price-point opens doors to one-per-child initiative (in my class at least)

Click here to read the rest of this interesting article on the possible use of Apple iPad in education