Abstract
Apple launched the first of its “i” products with the iMac in 1988. The “i” stood for “Internet,” according to Apple, but also emphasized the company’s focus on the computer as a personal device, “i” for “individual.” In this book the “i” stands for “innovation.” How can educators design new approaches to teaching and learning in classrooms where students use iPads or other brands of tablet computers in place of traditional textbooks, notebooks, and other types of computers? The iPad (and to a lesser extent its competitors) is an international phenomenon. Tablet classrooms of the future are already a reality in many schools—and the numbers are rapidly rising.
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Walling, D.R. (2014). “i” Is for Innovation. In: Designing Learning for Tablet Classrooms. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02420-2_1
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