With the rapid development of technology the education sector is also witnessing a revolutionary change. Technological advancement in the field of communication has made it easy to deliver lectures and study materials via the use of iPads in college classrooms. The introduction of iPad in the educational field has grabbed the attention of the students all around the globe. The technologically savvy professors have realized that the use of iPads will facilitate them to interact with a large number of students. The major 5 ways are mentioned below, why the iPads are becoming popular in the college classroom.
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Control the laptop remotely- Often people are of the opinion that an iPad does not provide the equal functionality like a laptop running OSX or windows. It never allows the multitasking facility to the user. However, while teaching in class, one can control his laptop wirelessly by using his iPad. You can also project the PowerPoint slides by making use of your iPad.
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Interactive activities with students- Using iPad one can stop lecturing on the classes. You can easily share your documents and vital papers using your iPad. Even professors can also receive feedbacks of the students using a tablet. This technology has made the interactive session between the professors and the students fast and easy.
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Open a backchannel to give response to the questions- While teaching a large number of students, often it becomes difficult for the lecturers to understand the queries of the students. Even some students hesitate to raise a question in the middle of a class. Therefore, you can open a backchannel to interact with the students.
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Draw or define the slides– It often becomes touch to draw graphs and diagrams by using a mouse. However, when you are controlling your laptop using the tablet, it becomes easy to draw the graphs and diagrams. Therefore, you no longer have to bring erase markers to draw and demonstrate the lesson.
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Monitor the off-task students by roaming in the class- While teaching in a class of 70 or 80 students; it becomes difficult for the lecturers to monitor all the students equally. Therefore, if you display your study materials via your iPad, then you can easily roam around the class to monitor the students who are not paying adequate attention to the class.
The tech savvy professors have adopted iPads for the classroom teaching due to the above mentioned facilities.

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