http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/ Engadget Comments for Seton Hill University hands out iPads to students http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Damn, should have gone to college in the US of A. Free iPads to sell!]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Return them after use? You already payed for it with your tuition! They would be in poor condition anyways. Who wants an iPad with a scratched up bezel and screen? ]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/You already paid for it, might as well keep it.

Sidenote - is that a flash video displayed on the homepage?]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/No, it's Silverlight.. Woah...]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
It looks like flash from my browser (Opera on OSX).]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/From the website:
"Technology Provided to Every Student
Beginning in the fall of 2010, all first year undergraduate students at Seton Hill will receive a 13" MacBook laptop and an iPad. You will have complete access to these mobile technologies for classes as well as at all times for personal use. After two years, Seton Hill will replace your laptop with a new one - one that you can take with you when you graduate!"
http://www.setonhill.edu/techadvantage/]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Great, 8 ($2500) percent of the student's tuition down the drain.
]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Apple isn't giving anything away for free.

Do you care about education? How many computers have you given away to schools?]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Easy enough to cover this in tuition costs. Typical giveaway for enrollment. ]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/great idea, especially since taking notes and browsing a website at the same time require MULTITASKING, which is obviously lacking on an ipad.]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Standing Room Only in classrooms and they all have iPads. Chalk up a couple of thousand more iPads being sold. How come they weren't given netbooks which are much cheaper and supposedly more useful?]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
xD Good eye, and yes, it is >_> http://i43.tinypic.com/2j3r5o1.png]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Anyway My point was a MacBook pro will be more usefull, whatever deal Apple is making with universities.]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Ya my university does the same sort of thing. Except we get Lenovo T500's (this year at least, T500's that is)

http://www.uoit.ca/EN/main/11258/231915/mobile_learning.html

We keep the same laptop for 2 years, then we get a new one on year 3 and keep that until year 4 in which we can buy it for $1 or not take it (O.o not sure why you wouldn't personally).

Anyways I think it's a neat program.]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
how am i supposed to take write math equations with my fingers? impossible]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
I read it as if it were Seton HALL.

It's some poser school trying to get over the HILL and have a HALL. Nice try. ]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Hahahahahahahahhhahahaha

*tears]]>Mar 30th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
In other, unrelated news, tuition increases by $1000.]]>Mar 30th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Oh well, I'm not saying i'm not jealous with those kids! lol ipad reaction: http://bit.ly/reactions-to-ipad-compiled]]>Mar 31st 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Probably not, but unlike the kindle:

- The iPad can also run a virtually infinite number of apps to be used for everything from in-lecture "pick the right answer to see how well the class is understanding in realtime" to an in-field data logging instrument..

- The iPad supports the Kindle and B&N reader apps in addition to iTunes Book store, so students will have a MUCH higher chance of being able to get an electronic version of their texts

- The iPad HAS to have a better keyboard than the Kindle, seeing as the kindle's keyboard is 100% useless. This will aid everything from margin notes to in-class content creation, etc.

Everyone is so damn skeptical about this device. Just like the iPhone and iPod, this thing WILL change the game, though it will take years, and not weeks after its release for this to happen. The slate form factor is still in its infancy. 10 years from now, content pricing will reach an equilibrium, a "basic" version of the iPad will only cost $69, and the average household will own 2.4 of them.

This is a gadget site. You guys should be hopeful, not forever cynical.]]>Mar 30th 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
About the only thing I see the iPad having on a laptop for a student, is that it'll probably be easier to conceal your web surfing in class.]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
really?

Strange, seeing as I have no problems, and I'm at work 8+ hours a day, and usually on my laptop for another 2+ when I get home.

It's obviously personal preference, but I don't think that "most people" have these terrible eye strain issues you claim.]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/I have absolutely no problem reading off my iPod's Touch LCD screen for over 2 hours. And I do spend 8+ hours a day staring at my LCD desktop monitoring...]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/I already read on an LCD screen for a lot more than 2 hours a day. Do you not use a PC/Mac?

Anyone with a desk job nowadays spends at least a few hours in front of an LCD. I don't know why people suddenly think LCD's can't be used for reading just because it's on a Apple branded device.]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
About your first point: many people don't understand that technology isn't something that can be just dropped into an organisation (academic or otherwise) and forgotten. In the universities I've been in, most professors don't even know how to embed videos into powerpoint. Doesn't it seem like a bit of a leap of faith to assume these same people will suddenly be able to write apps for their class? An IT team isn't the solution either...they'll be expensive and would need to develop something that can be used for every class. People tend to treat new technology as a magic bullet without considering the infrastructure required.

It's not impossible, but it IS difficult.]]>Mar 30th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Wow. People are really really dumb here these days. Yes using word in college on windows is going to help with your job. Give me a fucking break, and quit being a moron.]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
Besides, who's to say whatever is "in the workforce" in 4 years will be what it is when the student enters? ]]>Mar 30th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
You make a valid point, ignore these other idiots. Employers really would care about this sort of thing.]]>Mar 30th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/
It might as well be the US gov't:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/30/2246401.aspx

We give cash to those big banks and auto companies, not we're giving it to Apple, for instance, cause that education cash is likely going to purchase those iPad/MacBooks...]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/"You're also paying for it by learning to use an OS that will put you at a disadvantage in the workplace when you graduate."

Wow I haven't heard that one in such a long time. This 'old school' Mac argument should stay in the old school, together with tie-dye shirts and overgrown mustasch. ]]>Mar 30th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/30/seton-hill-university-hands-out-ipads-to-students/Mar 30th 2010 2:17PM