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University of Notre Dame Apple iPad Class Puts the Fun Back in Lecture

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Yearning for an Apple iPad? For college students at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, the Apple iPad is part of a normal day in class! Technology has leapt forward and students at the University of Notre Dame are moving along with it, by having a chance to make full use of the Apple iPad as part of an actual college course, not an iPad application development class.

Nicknamed the “iPad Class,” it is actually a course on Project Management, and, as you can see from the video below, Corey Angst, assistant professor of management, hopes that this unusual classroom accessory will help his students be at ease with technological trends and the coming digital revolution! This “iPad Class” has the University of Notre Dame students using the sleek device’s eReader capability for an electronic version of their required college textbook, as well as for note-taking needs – and many are making use of it during downtime, thanks to a slew of gaming apps.

Watch Notre Dame eReader Study on YouTube or below. While you are at it, keep checking back (or simply subscribe to My College Guide via RSS or email) to see how you can enter for your chance to win a brand new Apple iPad of your very own – the ultimate college accessory!

An iPad App to Make You Smile…or Doodle

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

What makes My College Guide happy?  Previews for what look to be a totally useable and completely awesome app for the soon to be released Apple iPad that will be just perfect for college life !  Have you met PadNotes?

After reading about the possibilities of this exciting iPad application recently mentioned on Fast Companywe just had to pass it along!  With the PadNotes app, you can doodle or write (and then some) on any PDF document!  Sounds like fun, don’t you think?  As you might recall, Apple’s sleek new tablet is due out in stores on April 3, 2010.  Don’t forgetMy College Guide is giving you a chance to win an iPad of your very own!  You can’t win if you don’t enter!  Now, check out this video and prepare to be amazed!

Apple iPad: it’s ALL the Rage — Even in Higher Ed!

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Sleek 'n Shiny: the Apple iPad! If you think your high school textbooks are heavy now…just wait until college!  But, if Apple has its way, the sleek 1.5 lb Apple iPad tablet could end up changing the way you learn at college…and possibly save you a few bucks (and your back) in the process.

How?  With eBook capability built right into the multi- touch-sensitive device (and their own iBookstore)!  Almost 150,000 iPhone applications will cross-over from Day One – so you can use your favorite iPhone apps to help fill out your college applications or take a break with a little Plants vs. Zombies, without having to wait!

No drab gray here, the iPad is all about color – and interaction!  Touch highlighted words (like vocab or concepts) for more information.  Create bookmarks to pick up where you left off, browse a touch activated slideshow, and flip through images, charts, or diagrams.  Surf the web or watch an awesome college video lectureThink of the possibility!

Pick a social media network and chances are somebody, somewhere is talking about it – what they heard, what they read, what they hope to see — and who can blame them?  Even colleges share in the iPad enthusiasm!  The Abilene Christian University student newspaper, The Optimist, is the first college newspaper to declare their intention to be on the iPad –  or, at least, it will be when the Apple iPad (finally!) hits stores April 3, 2010.

Don’t forget about George Fox University!  GFU is offering incoming students a choice between a computer (as they have done for the past 20 years) or the new iPad tablet.  Great idea for GFU’s computer possessing freshmen – or for those planning to purchase eBook textbooks down the line – and hoping to save big in place of hefty college texts.

The 429978333803sleekness of the iPad tablet dazzled My College Guide so much…well, what could we do?  Offer up a chance to win an Apple iPad of your very own, of course!  Request college information and you will be automatically entered to win the sleek and shiny Apple iPad (it isn’t like you don’t need college information)!  The contest will end on June 1, 2010.