Citations

All mentions of "Fires" or "Fires in the Bathroom" are referencing Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students by Kathleen Cushman (2003). NY: The New Press.

All mentions of "Wes Fryer's book" or "Playing with Media" are referencing "Playing with Media: Simple Ideas for Powerful Sharing" by Wesley Fryer (July 2011).http://playingwithmedia.com/pages/about

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

iPad Personalization

       I had always wanted to use an iPad for a while to see if I wanted to buy one for myself at some point.  I have an iPhone and iPod Touch so I am quite familiar with the operating system.  I do like the bigger screen on the iPads.  I feel that the picture is a lot clearer, but I didn't notice much of a change in the loading and processing feature between the iPad and iPhone.  The feature I liked most about the iPad is using annotation.  Being able to highlight, circle, and jots notes electronically on a PDF is a really cool feature.  An annoying aspect of the iPad was the wideness of the keyboard.  It made it very hard to hold and type at the same time.  I didn't always have the time to put it down and type and doing so while holding it proved difficult.  The battery life I found to be spectacular even running multiple apps all day.  I only found myself charging it once every three days or so and I used it heavily.  Overall, I didn't see enough differences besides shear size to convince me to buy one for myself.  Annotation isn't worth $500.

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