In the excitement over the recent Apple textbook announcement, one question seemed to get buried: Do iPads actually further academic goals? Turns out, they probably do.
Wired magazine has written about a study by Houghton-Mifflin and Apple (admittedly, these two partners are not agenda-less) regarding success with iPads in the K-12 classroom.
But there is lots of other evidence that iPads can help students explore and engage in wonderful ways. Motion Math claims that students that played their math games significantly increased their scores. Sure, students that paid close attention to math for the same amount of time might have the same improvement, but the point is the game helped them to achieve that engagement. Want to be inspired? Watch Gabe Zichermann’s TED talk on How Games Make Kids Smarter.