Summary: For the week of April 3rd, 2010: The iPad is here and so are the apps for education. We discuss apps used for preparing for driving tests, explaining complex medical terms, this day in history, dictionaries, and visualizing the planets It looks like more institutions are asking the question about giving away iPads and other mobile technology. The story appears on Inside Higher Ed.com on April 5, 2010. "Study buddies" & TeacherMates are becoming more popular in school. Even the use of the Nintendo DS is becoming widely used in Japanese schools. James Kohlhaas, a developer from Datatel, recently won the Microsoft KODU programming contest for his application on Xbox live. More info about Kodu development platform. The USA Today on March 30th, 2010 took a closer look at the recent changes to student loans. Students at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles got a grade bump for every grade for every student. Inside Higher Ed reports on this mass grade change on April 2, 2010. Knox College in Galesburg Illinois is the Butler of commencements speakers. The New York Times explored their impressive roster in an April 4, 2010 article.
