iCreate vs. iConsumption

Many argue that the iPad is the premiere consumption device at this time but it isn’t very good at creating. Is that accurate? I tend to believe that the iPad is an amazingly creative device and the user is the only limit for the device. Creating on the iPad is different but it is an effective creation device. The very nature of the device itself and how we interface with it provide for a uniquely creative environment. Effectively creating on the iPad requires a different workflow from traditional computers. Once users get proficient with that workflow, the iPad's truly becomes unlocked!

This was my presentation for the K12 Online Conference this year. Please push my thinking, advance upon my logic, or simply disagree with a positive conversation. Hopefully, my point comes across to think differently.

Do these Apps change your view of the iPad as Consumption Devices?

Republished by request of IEAR community members ... especially in consideration of the iPad 2 coming out. 

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iPad 2 will now include Garageband and iMovie.

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 1.  Toontastic

Toontastic from Thushan Amarasiriwardena on Vimeo.

2.  Brushes and Autodesk

3.  iBand

4. Pottery HD and iDough

5. iPad DJ and GrooveMaker

6.  Lots of Instruments:  Drums

7.  iDesign and Home 3D

(Video is not in English)

Special Mentions without Video:

1. Sound Studio
2. Air Coaster or Coaster Physics
3. Writer Studio or Camera Studio or Animation Studio
4. Timber or Blocks
5. Program with Basic Computer Language
6. Pages and Keynote
7. Omnigraffle and Mindmapping
8. iAnnotate PDF Editor
9. Reel Director
10. Storykit and Sonic Pics and StoryRobe and Strip Designer
11. iMockup and Sketchyapp and Penultimate
12. Gusto and Markup
13. Tons of Note Taking Apps
14. Tons of Art Apps / Sketch Club
15. Combine Apps for Creation: Document Creation / Apptivities.org
16. Build your own Apps
17. Take a lesson from Tony Vincent and use these devices for Problem Based Learning and Digital Storytelling:

Project Based Learning in Hand from Tony Vincent on Vimeo.

18.  Maybe you are just stuck on editing video?  Will the next iPad have a camera and iMovie?

19.  Perhaps the best benefit for creating is the future of combining these devices ... That is another post altogether but here is an example of possibilities ...

20.  Take control of your other computers from your iPad to create even more!