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<\/a><\/div>\nThere are a lot of apps for iPads that are useful for educational purposes, some of which I\u2019ve already mentioned before. Dropbox<\/a> lets you get your documents from other computers to your iPad in a very convenient fashion and maintaining the same system of organization that you have elsewhere. It also lets you share documents with others (e.g. what we may\u00a0soon stop calling\u00a0\u201chandouts\u201d as a result of this technology).<\/p>\n It is certainly true that the iPad is not strictly speaking an eBook Reader of the sort that uses e-ink<\/a>. But thus far my impression is that the latter are completely useless for educational purposes.<\/p>\n One app in particular makes the iPad useful for students and educators: iAnnotate<\/a>. It allows you to not merely read but scribble on it \u2013 or rather, to underline, highlight, and make marginal notes. Although it certainly is slightly less easy to highlight a specific section accurately than it is with a pen, you can easily erase your annotations and markings (something that cannot be done with paper). And so there are advantages, while disadvantages are minor. And being able to write notes and comments, highlight, and underline is crucial for those using iPads for educational purposes.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also looking forward to trying out Inkling<\/a>. At present it doesn\u2019t integrate with Dropbox. Instead it is focused<\/a> on delivering textbooks to the iPad<\/a> and allowing for not only annotation but interaction. Coursesmart also delivers textbooks textbooks to the iPad, and allows for notes to be added, although in the present version once you open a note, it is\u00a0impossible to close it if you change your mind. A new page also regularly takes unacceptably long to load. So there is definitely room for improvement \u2013 but also progress being made.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n