Seven into the ipad education software free of charge: child-like software accounted for half of

According to the city's YouGov study, One-fifth (17%) of ipad users said they had more than one ipad,14% ipad user buying a second ipad because the first was occupied by their children. 70% of parents allow their children to use their ipad and have an average of 8 applications for children, according to the PBS (Public broadcasting Service) survey.　　When parents are asked what values they value most in these apps, they invariably choose the value of education. There are more than 6,000 apps for ipad education, of which about 70% are free. In the App Store education software rankings, the top 12 middle school preschool classes accounted for nearly half.　　EF-EF Education, a veteran education and training group, recently unveiled the EF Children's English vocabulary game high Flyers ipad app, which has recently topped Apple App Store education apps in 51 countries. Coincidentally, more and more primary and secondary schools have begun to use the ipad in teaching, Long I. High School in New York, the United States last December, began to test the ipad in some teachers, and selected 50 students, now 60% of the English language textbooks in the form of PDF for students to download. Not only have the students ' schoolbags been reduced, but the cost of book printing has been lowered, and students are more accustomed to reading Non-paper media. Two years ago, the system used 17 million pieces of paper, and after using the ipad, the system will save 7000 dollars in the first year of paper costs, the following annual savings of 11000 dollars. Japan has launched a pilot program called "Future Schools", with 10 primary schools equipped with a tablet computer for 3,000 students under the age of 12, and an electronic blackboard with students on the walls of classrooms. In South Korea, all school campuses have wireless broadband coverage. Since 2007, the Korean Ministry of Education has experimented with "digital textbooks" in some schools.　　By 2012, South Korea will decide whether to distribute tablet computers to schools nationwide. Industry analysts, the ipad education application best-selling main reasons: Most applications are novel and interesting, and people are more and more curious about the new technology.　　In addition, these applications have strong interactivity and user involvement compared to textbooks and work manuals. However, there is still much debate about the educational significance of the ipad. From the physiological development point of view, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital Ke Lanxi deputy chief physician Zhangxuyue warned that the two or three-year-old child vision has not yet developed mature, ipad and other electronic products on a lot of pictures are bright colors, visual stimulation is too strong, too long attention will cause children optic nerve fatigue, and even induce myopia. Han Ande, dean of young children's School of EF Education, also advises parents to use them rationally and not to rely too much on them. ipad English Learning application software should be used as face-to-face teachingInstead of completely replacing face-to-face teaching, parents should not be allowed to use the ipad for long periods of time. When choosing English Learning application software, parents should pay attention to the learning content of software and the academic credibility of the software organization, so as to ensure the validity of using the application software learning.