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I found this article on Ipads and literacy interesting. I believe that Ipads are valuable tools for classrooms that can afford them. Putting books onto Ipads can encourage students to read, simply because using a cool piece of technology is an incentive for many students, even if they are doing school work in the process. There are so many ways that reading becomes accessible on a tablet, like the ability to highlight things and instantly look up words and change the size of the text so it is easier to read. It also is great because you are able to store so many books in one place. Ipads also have so many apps available that can enhance lessons and student reading in general. I found the app discussed in this article very interesting. There are apps for pretty much every subject and aspect of reading imaginable, so basically every teacher has a use for Ipads in their classroom.

However, there are drawbacks to using Ipads in the classroom as well. Many students do not have their own Ipads at home, so using them in lessons and assignments might hold back students from working on their assignments outside of school. In addition, students may become to reliant on the technology if it is used too much in the classroom. Because of this, teachers should teach their students about appropriate screen time or should limit Ipad use classrooms.