Technology in the Classroom

How could you as a student benefit from having a school-provided iPad? How would this change your classes? How would this change the way you learn?

            I believe that myself and other students could potentially benefit from the use of school-provided iPads. If we were to have iPads available to us during school, we would have access to a digital version of our textbooks. This would eliminate the purpose of using physical textbooks and having to constantly stop at our lockers. Using these devices would also make many useful apps and programs available to us during school. For example, if we weren't able to grasp a certain topic in class, we would be able to use a program on the iPads to help us better understand it.
            Having iPads available during school would either make my classes better or worse. This is because the iPads would help some students and distract others. Some students would properly use the device to help them with their schoolwork or, to use a digital textbook. There is also a possibility that other students will find the iPads too distracting and use them for personal purposes during class. Overall, I think that in the right hands, school-provided iPads could be very beneficial.