Australian primary school's grade 1 and 2 students will get iPad to enhance their reading and mathematics learning. Western Australian Governor Barnett (Colin Barnett) and Education Minister Constable (Liz Constable) today went to West Beechboro Primary School at the north-west of Perth to see how pupils learn to use this high-tech touch product iPad, and formally announced the Western Australia's early education iPad incentive plan. iPad related: quicktime for ipad. The program which cost millions of dollars includes providing nearly 900 units of iPad for 17 primary schools in Western Australia.

Constable said, iPad application program can make students feel that math and reading becomes alive. The state's Settlers primary school's iPad trial showed that, the boys' reading and numeracy skills have been improved by using the iPad.

She believes that high-tech can attract the little boy's interest in learning, and the Tablet PC's touch feel and interaction let the students can learn and practice the multiplication tables, recognize graphics, count the money and other math skills; in reading, iPad has applications to let the students become more active in learning pronunciation, spelling and reading. Tip for iPad lovers: copy dvd to ipad.