Education

News

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India's super-cheap tablet delayed

December 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Lists & Images

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The best iPad apps for education and reference materials

We uncover 15 apps to keep students of all ages learning, organized and informed.
by Doug Drinkwater

Features

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For Everything Butt Art developer Madbrook, success comes from keeping it simple

With a children's book deal and 10,000 apps sold over its first ten months, Brian Snyder sees a bright future for Everything Butt Art - even if marketing to toddlers is harder than he expected.
by Stephen Robert Morse
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In India, tablets offer a promising opportunity for start-ups and venture capital

Sensing a massive opportunity, venture capitalists are partnering with tablet and tablet app developers across India
by Kavitha Nair
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Show and tell: Open Air Publishing evolves the self-help genre on the iPad

Books that help people learn how to do everything from coding in HTML5 to carving ham are evolving with technology.
by Chuck Lenatti
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The 8 industries and professions most rapidly impacted by tablets

Thanks to IT consumerization and BYOD, tablets are becoming more common in the workplace. Some industries are evolving more rapidly than others, however.
by Doug Drinkwater
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Checking in on Aakash: How is Datawind's ultra-low cost tablet changing India?

It's been four months since India launched its Aakash tablet initiative. TabTimes checks in on the reception, the economics, and the longer-term ramifications of the project.
by Kavitha Nair
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Request for pricing: 5 things school districts need to keep in mind before the RFP

These 5 guiding principles help the state of Maine's school system navigate what can be a fairly arduous process
by Sharon Fisher

Analysis

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Kamal Anand: How to bring air traffic control to BYOD wireless congestion

The flood of Wi-Fi devices is choking wireless networks and consuming IT resources at schools, hospitals, hotels and business offices. Virtual wireless architectures are the answer.
by Kamal Anand
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Noteworthy tablet deployments: Law firm gives iPads to opposing counsel?

Also inside: Motion Computing's C5v tapped to help improve anesthesiology documentation, and Hammond School makes iPads standard issue for students.
by David Needle
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Why tablet strategies for academia differ from that of corporate enterprises

Academia is an enterprise, too, although it exhibits some markedly different characteristics.
by Paul E. Fisher Jr.
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David Needle: Why Apple’s iBooks initiative brings the company back to the future

It may be coincidence that the first big news out of Apple since the passing of its cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs was education-related, but it certainly is appropriate.
by David Needle
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Dan Nickolai: How tablets accelerate the ease of learning a foreign language

Every few years new technology emerges that promises to innovate around foreign language learning and instruction. From the printed press to the phonograph to the portable music player, each new development serves to advance the accessibility of foreign language programs and materials. Tablet devices and the accompanying ecosystems of apps are contributing significantly to this progression of technology.
by Dan Nickolai

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