More Schools Embracing iPad as Learning Tool

As students returned to class this week, some were carrying brand-new Apple iPads in their backpacks, given not by their parents but by their schools.

A growing number of schools across the nation are embracing the iPad as the latest tool to teach Kafka in multimedia, history through "Jeopardy"-like games and math with step-by-step animation of complex problems.

Winnie Hu

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/education/05tablets.html?hp