"A new wave of learning tools, including tablet computers such as Apple’s iPad, bring future technologies into classrooms to aid both students and instructors.", reports Daily Sundial.
A study by the University of Illinois, Tablet PCs for Classroom Use: Technology and Application, by Tony Hursh, compared tablet computers with laptops and found advantages and disadvantages.
One of the key advantages of owning a tablet computer is it allows a lecturing professor to interact with a presentation by scribbling onto a slide. This edited version can then be saved by students onto a tablet rather than having to write it down on paper.
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Source: Daily Sundial