Charity+Moran+Week+7

=**Who would you expect to be (or who are) the innovators and early adopters in K-12 Education for the iPad?**= =**What strategies are the most persuasive in convincing them to adopt the iPad?**= =**Who do you think would be (or who are) the laggards in terms of rejecting the iPad?**= =**What strategies would be best to help move them toward adoption?**= =**Which combination of perceived attributes would be best for helping the iPad meet critical mass in K-12 industry?**=
 * ===The innovators would be the computer science teachers and educational technology teacher leaders as well as the administrators and few students who are currently utilizing the iPad in an educational capacity.===
 * **The early adopters would be those teachers, administrators, and students who are already familiar with the iTechnology offered by Apple, these persons would be most easily persuaded to utilize the iPad and then can serve as ambassadors to encourage others to join the innovation wave.**
 * **The innovators would not need much convincing at all.**
 * **The early adopters would need to be shown a connection between the technology they are already familiar with and how the iPad relates to a format they already know; these persons may also need to be shown some direct applicability to their own environments, content matter, etc.**
 * **Laggards in terms of rejecting the iPad would be the same persons, teachers, or administrators who are currently rejecting the technology being implemented in classrooms now.**
 * **These laggards are persons who are typically educators of more than 20 years experience who have already rejected current technologies and progressive pedagogical strategies.**
 * **Strategies to help move the laggards toward application would include direct assistance, training, and support. These persons could perhaps be paired with an innovator or an early adopter who could help to show the laggard direct usages for the iPad and demonstrate for the laggard the utility of the iPad within the classroom.**
 * **Relative advantage and Observability would be the best combination of perceived attributes for helping the iPad meet critical mass in K-12 industry. As educators become more able to observe and receive information on how the iPad as an innovation supersedes the previous technologies, they will be more able to adopt the iPad.**