Alright, alright…I guess I’ll take the free iPad you’re throwing at me.\u00a0 Admittedly, I was not the first person to jump on the iPad bandwagon.\u00a0 It seems like a lighter computer with a more annoying keyboard.\u00a0 I sound like an old grouchy man, but it’s true – these are my feelings.<\/p>\n
After messing around with all of the cool apps that the iPad has to offer, I consider myself mistaken – they’re awesome.\u00a0 And addicting.\u00a0 I’ve found that after discovering and personalizing Flipboard, I get annoyed with your plain ol’ newspaper over breakfast.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because all the sudden newspapers are a hassle.\u00a0 They unfold into huge spreads, they are not really visually appealing, and I find myself zoning out\u00a0 while skimming over headlines of news I don’t really want to read, now that I know what personalized news is like.<\/p>\n
That is not to say that I’m going to start purging my shelves of physical books, only to amass a gigantic library of e-books on the iPad.\u00a0 Nor does it mean that I will reach for my iPad when I need to write a 5 page paper.\u00a0 There are some limitations to this amazing little machine, and I don’t want to get too carried away here.<\/p>\n
In the end, receiving iPads in this class offers a unique experience for us students: we can get a real feel for all that iPads have to offer.\u00a0 This extends beyond the classroom and beyond class content, and that, my technologically equipped friends, is something very exciting indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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