Sonja G. Pugh Education Technology Candidate Walden University The i Pad Innovation

i Pad Innovation Diffusion i Pad Innovation Diffusion

Need or Problem Apple wanted to create a mobile device category between the laptop and the smartphone

Uses:  Light computing  e-Reader  Media player  Touchscreen  Wireless Internet

Alphabet Fun Learning the A-B-Cs was never like this. Alphabet Fun makes the most of Multi-Touch on iPad to teach kids letters, numbers, and colors. They'll swipe through colorful images and easy-to-read text. They’ll trace over letters with their fingers right on the iPad display. They’ll even write entire words. Kids think it’s a game. Parents think it’s educational. Everybody wins.

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Innovation-Decision Process Knowledge Stage iPad completed by 2009 Revealed January 2010 March 2010, Seton Hill announced that it was providing an iPad to every fulltime student for the semester

Innovation-Decision Process Persuasion Stage June 2010 Mary Ann Gawelek, provost and dean of faculty believed that the [iPad] would be particularly helpful for students aspiring to be writers. November 2010 Michael Arnzen, Ph.D., associate professor, English, and chair of the Division of Humanities, encouraged all teachers to consider incorporating the iPad into the classroom. April 2010 iPads sold in stores,3 Million sold in 80 days

Persuasion Stage continued About 5,400 educational applications are available specifically for the iPad, of which nearly 1,000 can be downloaded free. iPad Education Apps ool.html

March 2010 Seton Hills University decides to use iPads Innovation-Decision Process Decision Stage fm?ID=434

By the fall of 2010, first year undergraduate students received a 13” MacBook Pro laptop and an iPad Innovation-Decision Process Implementation Stage

April 2010 Seton Hill University attracted national, and international, attention in April when President JoAnne Boyle announced the University’s new technology initiative, the Griffin Technology Advantage Program. Innovation-Decision Process Confirmation Stage

Communication Channels November 2010 Professor shared his ideas with faculty on the usefulness of the iPad Faculty members used and discussed benefits of the iPad

Communication Channels continued January 2011 Apple has been developing a school market for the iPad by working with textbook publishers on instructional programs and sponsoring iPad workshops for administrators and teachers. ml

Development issues were minimum because of previous successes The iPad was geared towards business people, educators, students, laptop users Development

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