Great Idea #100

With Apple's new release of the iPad, there has been a lot of negative feedback.  I think people were expecting Apple to blow all of the other products off the map with this release!  The iPad is a good product.  It combines the MacBook, Kindle, and iTouch all together!  The name that Apple announced (iPad) has had tons of negative feedback as well!  I can understand this for the most part.  I mean, come on, you're APPLE for crying out loud!  Can you not have a more original name?  Some were thinking it would be called the iSlate or something else a little bit more exciting!  Which made me think of my great idea #100!  Apple needs to create a product that combines ALL of the features of the Macbook, Kindle, and iPod Touch but, this time make a product specific for education.  The teacher's would have the main features.  The students would all have a product that would match the teachers.  The teacher would have control over the student machines.  Allowing him/her to control screens, offer help, and all work done on the teacher's machine would be able to be viewed on the students.  The students would be able to submit their work to the teacher, chat with other students, and explore on their own.  For example, a teacher could be explaining how to solve a Math equation on her machine, and the students would be able to look on their machine to watch the teacher solve that problem.  Now, this of course would be recorded for students to refer back to whenever they needed.  The teacher could then say, I want you to complete exercise # 52 on your boards.  The students would then have access to their online text book and would have a pen that would allow the students to work the problems on their machines.   When completed, the students would be able to submit their problems to the teacher.  The students could then practice the activity on a downloaded App that the teacher has made available for students.  When completed, students could search the internet for resources, work on other assignments, or ask questions back to each other.  All which could be viewed by the teacher.  When the student changes classes, the student would then just "touch" the name of the teacher whose class they are in!  The teacher would know immediately who was absent or present in class by who signs in.  This information would be sent directly to ASPCN to report attendance.  The teacher's machine would be called an iTeach and the students, you guessed it, iLearn!  :)  Come on, Apple!  Let's get with it!  I can't wait for you to invent this!  :)