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But… But… It’s an iPad !
There seems to be a pervasive belief among educators that by putting things “on the computer” they are somehow more informative or engaging than they are on a chalkboard or on paper. Anyone who has been through college since the late 90s knows what I mean. We have been beaten to death by PowerPoint presentations. Contrary to what these educators may think, a bulleted list in Comic Sans adds nothing to a lecture on testicular torsion that a rubber band and a tennis ball couldn’t add more memorably.
This is why I cringe whenever I read stories like, “Stanford Medical School Handing out iPads,” as if an iPad adds value to the curriculum by itself. The school administrators (all baby-boomers, or older, I’d wager) don’t understand that what makes the iPad, and other “smart” mobile devices, special is that it offers anytime, anywhere access.
I’ll get excited when textbook and journal publishers make it easy for me to access all of their content from any mobile device. I’m tired of lugging around 100 pounds of dead trees. Until that happens, a free iPad is tantamount to engraving cranial nerve mnemonics on a soft-serve machine.
