There’s a reason that George Fox University, Regis College, Chicago State University, Seton Hill, and other colleges and universities are giving iPads to all incoming freshmen this fall. It’s because the Apple tablets are just as good as laptops for many types of educational tasks, such as notetaking, and even better for others, such as reading and exploring multimedia educational software.
Of course, they’re also great for playing games, chatting with friends, making skateboarding videos, and many other less scholarly pursuits. You don’t get one without the other.
But let’s assume you’re heading back to school soon (or you’re just in an academic mood) and you’re dedicated to actually learning something. Apple has a pretty good list of recommendations in the iTunes App Store that will help you get your tablet loaded up with top education apps, but today I wanted to share some of my own favorites. Without further ado:
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| 1. NYPL Biblion: Frankenstein Biblion: The Boundless Library is a digital publication of the New York Public Library. Each edition brings together multimedia resources from NYPL’s vast collections around a compelling topic, and organizes them using a distinctive 3D interface. This collection includes the original handwritten manuscript of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein: Or, A Modern Prometheus, along with essays, poems, movie stills, and other materials relating to the novel’s cultural impact over nearly two centuries. |
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Author: Wade Roush
Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco.
Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.)
I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia.
I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats.
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