So many people have been interested in what Larry's and my students are doing. They aren't simply using the iPads in the expected ways of ebooks, web surfing and notetaking. We have a system called MySCC that runs on Citrix. Through this, our students on iPads can run over 200 applications. Some have limited tools and therefore only allow minimal usage such as the Adobe Design Suite. The students are able to use Microsoft Office easily, however, and can even access Flash-based pages and videos by using the Citrix platform running on our servers because they can use the Firefox browser on MySCC instead of Safari on the iPad.
The presentation was a hit because instead of a Powerpoint, we ran the presentation off a web page that looks and acts like an iPad. You can view all of our data and presentation at http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/ipad
As a person who teaches the Adobe Creative Suite, I wouldn't say it has limited tools. It has an overabundance of tools, gadgets, widgets, panels and menu options. They just don't work well over Citrix, even on a desktop computer, and they work even worse on an iPad or other touch interface device because the Creative Suite has so many commands and actions that must be activated by a combination of keyboard modifier key and mouse - neither of which can yet be emulated effectively in the touch interface.
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