Tap for Tablets

"Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities. "
Mike Davidson 

Tablets are leading the portable venture of technology and apps throughout the world. The first tablet was made around the 1980's but back then they were known as pen computers. It was in 2002 when Microsoft renamed them as tablets, the first portable tablets with windows software in it.  Although windows started to use tablets it is arguably that apple cause the trend of tablets with the Ipad. 

Apple took the lead with tablet technology with apps, music, wifi, etc. All other technology manufactures such as Dell, Asus, Samsung, Acer and more started their own brand of tablets to compete with the Ipad.

Now its 2012 and apple came out with the Ipad Mini a smaller, lighter tablet with all the Ipad power it in it. What really gives the IPad the lead in tablets are apps. Because of the apple store, Itunes, app store, IPad is winning the race in tablets in the market right now.

Although apple has the edge it is not stopping Microsoft with keeping up with them. They recently came out with their new tablet the Microsoft Surface.  With competition on the rise, the market with the tablets for the holidays may change the outcome. While I believe that the Ipad Mini is a bit redundant in the case its just a smaller Ipad and a bigger Iphone without celluar service; there is no denying it is one of the better tablets out there right now. With the Surface, it may change the that all in entirely. 

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Reading Level

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. "
Maya Angelou


Reading is an essential for a child's education and to develop their reading skills. With the digital age taking over, reading is becoming more evolved than it was in the past decade. With E-books and  kindles reading has become a more portable and easy to access other books through WI-FI. The program Reading Rainbow was a television program that aired on PBS. It was the third longest kids program ever to be on PBS right before Sesame Street and Mister Rodgers. Currently the executive producers and host LeVar Burton launched a new revamp website that contains old re-runs of the show. Burton believes that by doing the this it can rekindle the spark of reading into today's youth. While I grew up with the show I can say it was fun and it did help me learn words, how to pronounce certain words and helped my interest of reading.  I believe with LeVar Burton in that this show should still go on and the website is a good idea, if it helped me read it can help any child. 

The show may not be on the air anymore but with the website now launched it may make a comeback.




















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