I haven't played with this one yet so can't comment on it. My informational technology person recently suggested that I try. I'll give Whiteboard another try) since it showed promise. I'd like to try this again with an iPad next semester. There is definite potential with writing on an external device and broadcasting to an audience. I fiddled around with using an iPod (app = Whiteboard), but the screen was too small for me. My one complaint about online office hours is that I find it hard to draw using a mouse, so it's hard to do things like equations, etc. Last year when I taught general chemistry, I've had 1-2 online office hours a week using Elluminate (over Blackboard). The iPad seems like it will bridge some of the difficulties with writing online. Talking with students online is easy these days, but drawing structures, doing math, equations, etc. I've always thought that this would be a great way to help with online office hours with my students. If the students could get one too, one thought I had was to use this to solve the 'no perfect textbook' for my course conundrum.Ĭurious to hear from the wisdom of the VIPEr crowds on this. I am not sure if there is a separate program for the students to gain easy access to an iPad for class or if this would just be something that I might have to use in the classroom. Anybody out there have any ideas? Are there any good apps out there that might be applicable? If you are an iPad user, what features do you like best that are different from a laptop and that might be useful to think about in applying it to your teaching?

:-)īut I'm not really that familiar with the capabilities of the iPad as it might apply to teaching inorganic chemistry. And a 'free' iPad wouldn't be too shabby either. The carrot here is an iPad for the faculty member! I love thinking about better ways to use technology in helping me improve my teaching and helping my students advance their learning. Our CIO just announced a request for proposals from faculty exploring the use of an iPad in teaching. Science Skills, Practices, and Resources.

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