My iPad Enterprise Rollout: 5 Surprises

"The challenge we have with the deans is helping them understand," Rennie says, adding that he's winning that battle.

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Anyone who has followed Apple CEO Steve Jobs' rant against Adobe Flash knows that no Apple device will ever support the ubiquitous Web technology. Rennie is squarely in Apple's camp and has embraced HTML 5 throughout Florida State College's Web presence.

Nevertheless, Rennie was surprised that some students were running into Flash-based sites. "The iPad is a perfect Web surfing device, but every once in a while a student hits a site that they really need but it has Flash embedded in it for navigation purposes," he says.

The student will have to find other means for accessing the site. While this might seem like a major blow to the iPad, Rennie says required sites with Flash are few in number. Moreover, most sites are evolving to an embedded player that doesn't require a plug in.