iPads at Leeds. The iPad as a Tool For Education - a case study. In the first two terms of implementing an iPad programme, Longfield Academy in Kent have noticed a great impact on teaching and learning.
Research carried out on behalf of Naace and supported by 9ine consulting is published here. It’s really exciting to be able to announce our research into the use of iPads. After a successful implementation at Longfield Academy in Kent and two terms of embedded use, the research shows some incredibly positive impacts on teaching and learning.
The report on the research, carried out on behalf of Naace and supported by 9ine Consulting is available below. It outlines the conclusions of one of the most extensive studies so far undertaken into the use of tablets for learning. Please note: the tablet implementation surveys here include the questions used in this research. Any further queries can be directed via office@naace.co.uk The iPad as a Tool For Education - a case study. iPad – is it any good for the classroom or learning? Well, it’s here; the iPad has finally landed.
I had said on Twitter that I wouldn’t blog about it until I actually had one (and I’m still thinking about it) but I have read quite a bit over the weekend about and wanted to bring together the various threads of thoughts and ‘research’ already out there on whether it will be good for students, and the classroom, or not. I’ll start with my final words (!) And they are simply how can we be sure that the iPad will be any good if we’ve literally only just got it (not in the UK we haven’t!)? We may know how the theory fits in with technology and student fashion, but will it work, will the students buy one (or even can the afford one, given that they’ve already got a smartphone and high-end laptop?)
And will they see the benefit to their education, or is it just another shiny Apple device? Anyway, here’s what I’ve found …
iPad in Education. 39 Sites For Using iPads in the Classroom. Pages - Menu This Blog Linked From Here Sites to Follow Friday, October 7, 2011.
Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks. HARTFORD, Conn.
(AP) – For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages on a glossy iPad tablet computer. A few hours away, every student at Burlington High School near Boston will also start the year with new school-issued iPads, each loaded with electronic textbooks and other online resources in place of traditional bulky texts. While iPads have rocketed to popularity on many college campuses since Apple Inc. introduced the device in spring 2010, many public secondary schools this fall will move away from textbooks in favor of the lightweight tablet computers. Apple officials say they know of more than 600 districts that have launched what are called "one-to-one" programs, in which at least one classroom of students is getting iPads for each student to use throughout the school day. New programs are being announced on a regular basis, too.
iPaddiction. iPads and Higher Education. iPad in Education. iPads in Schools: Replacing Backpacks? - Leading From the Classroom. Gene Munster, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray , recently surveyed of 25 educational technology directors about their experiences and opinions of the potential of tablets in schools.
The results of the survey were discussed on sites such as Apple 2.0 on CNN, the The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW), and the All Things D on the Wall Street Journal. While Munster admits that the sample size of 25 Technology Directors is small, the opinions of technology directors are important since they often make decisions on technology policies. All 25 technology directors are currently testing or deploying iPads in their schools. (Disclaimer: The school district I work in is also deploying iPads in schools.) None of these districts are deploying Android tablets. The current ratio of students to computers in the schools are 10:1. 17% already have one computer per student. Another 41% believe that their schools will reach one computer per student within 5 years. Personally, I'm a iPad fanatic.
iPods/iPads. My iPad Creativity Suite - The Constructivist Toolkit. iPads in the primary classroom - Primary. Don't go and look on the ICT forum, they're not very popular over there!
I went on an iPad in education course and it actually sent me away with a very negative opinion. We cannot print from them, cannot connect to any of our network drives and therefore cannot share work so anything the children do on them will not be printed, marked or assessed...unless you were to look on the iPad. A few schools had them for all pupils and I asked how they had raised attainment and they were unable to give me an answer. They're prodominant use, in a school where every pupil has one, where as a notepad, browsing the internet and really that was about it.
An expensive A4 whiteboard if you ask me.