I am in the generation whereby we learn and study with the help of digital media. We use the Internet to help us with our homework, projects and research. It is our main source of information. Research papers, published books and news are available online. Anything that we are unsure of, we can easily find the answer to our questions in seconds.

In lectures, our professors are using digital videos from various sources to aid in our learning. It's definitely effective as it's more interesting and thus easier to recall information. Just like in COM125 classes, we are often exposed to videos from the Common Craft which "help educators and influencers introduce complex subjects".

And now, the latest product from Apple, iPad. We can still waiting to see if it will revolutionize classrooms like we think it would. But i believe, if the right apps are developed for the iPad to be used in schools, it'll be a pretty cool idea. First, if you're still living in a cave and have no idea what's an iPad, let me help you understand it better.

It is a 0.5 inch thin, weighing at 1.5 pounds, portable device with a multi-touch screen just slightly smaller then an A4 paper. You are able to surf the Internet, watch videos, read books with it and many more. The iPad is open to the App Store, meaning you can run almost 140,000 apps that are available.

Textbooks & Worksheets. Save the amount of paper needed for textbooks and students no longer need to lug 4-5 textbooks to and fro school. You just need to bring the iPad, which is few hundreds cheaper than laptops. Worksheets given out by teachers can be sent and returned digitally with possibility of teachers providing almost instant feedback too. Besides, any outdated content or mistakes can be easily updated.

How i wish iPad was available when i was still in primary or secondary school. It would have been much easier to organize my notes! All the chunks of papers... Tsk tsk...