Rover VS Safari

Both Rover and Safari are internet browser apps. Rover continually streams a video of the website that students are accessing. The IPad does not have flash or java. Unfortunately, a lot of educational websites use flash or java for educational games. This causes issues for teachers.

Safari on the other hand does not have any way to access Java or Flash. It does have a variety of other features that would help an educator in the classroom. One thing that really stands out to me in Safari is that a teacher can create a reading list for students. This could be very helpful when students are doing a project in which they need to get on a few different websites.  Another feature that would make Safari useful in the classroom is the cloud feature. Students can use the cloud to connect to the same website as the teacher at the same time.

I think that Rover is okay for what it does. The goal of Rover is that students are able to have access to websites that they could not on Safari because of the lack of Flash or Drive. The biggest issue is the lag time. In my use with Rover, it was very slow.

I overall prefer Safari. It allows for teacher and students to synchronize when visiting websites for educational purposes. Overall, it is faster and a better browser than Rover.