Some schools in the Mid-Michigan area are issuing iPads to students.
300 Dansville high school students were given iPads to use both at school and at home. Among the thousands of applications available, iTunes U, Pages and Note Taker HD are what teachers say will help students succeed.
Principal Mike Willard says the Note Taker HD app allows students to keep it all digital.
"It allows you to pull up a document and write right on the document," said Principal Willard. "So any PDF that a teacher sends, notes, homework, projects, they can write and type on it anytime."
Junior AP calculus student Nick Broxholm is a fan. He says it helps him stay organized.
"You don't have to lug around a folder and a binder," said Broxholm. "It's pretty sweet. Oh yeah, my backpack's pretty light."
The app teachers use to communicate with students is called iTunes U. Students can access all their assignments. And if they can't still can't find it, they can just scan it.
"It'll take them right to the designated document that the teacher wants them to use that day," said Principal Willard.
AP calculus teacher Amber Cross uses iMovie to record her lectures. She then sends students home to watch the lesson and then come to class to do their homework.
"Instead of raising their hand, they can just rewind," said Cross. "As they're working through a problem, they have me right there instead of being at home stuck."
The superintendent is confident the iPad will do wonders.
"We feel our engagement is really going to increase because of this technology," said Superintendent Amy Hodgson of Dansville Schools.
The school actually issued the iPads last week during orientation. They wanted the parents to be with the students to go over the rules. Parents can have access to the iPad to check their kids' homework.
