Mixed reactions to Apple iPad. It is interesting to carefully review the goals (see below). Listen to the presentation (now available as a link from the Apple site). Jobs attempts to make the case that the goal was to be better at some specific things. If educators are considering the possibility, one approach would be to consider whether the prioritized tasks are tasks that are important for student learning.
One thing I did not see in the demo was the capacity to annotate or highlight ebooks. Is that inherent in the open format Apple selected for the ebooks?
