Source Newsroom: Wake Forest University Contact: Katie Neal,
firstname.lastname@example.org, (336) 758-6141 Newswise —
Winston-Salem, NC, Jan. 4, 2012 - While K-12 schools around the
country search for funding to provide iPads to every student, an
education researcher in North Carolina has found that even a
single iPad can make a huge difference in the classroom. The
results of her experience with student teachers at Wake Forest
University appear in the December/January issue of Learning &
Leading With Technology, the magazine of the International
Society for Technology in Education. “Because they’re truly part
of the digital generation, our pre-service teachers and the K-12
students they teach have a natural aptitude for tablet devices,”
said Kristin Redington Bennett, an Assistant Professor of
Education at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Though iPads can cost more than $500 with 3G access and a budget
for apps, Bennett said, “Don’t discount the device because of
its price. We found that just o