Multi-Year iPad Deployment At UC Irvine Med School: The Results Are In
A tremendously interesting and probably important experiment has been taking place at the University of California, Irvine since 2010. Since then, the university has been using tablet PCs to improve student learning and the program is showing signs of successful. Specifically, students enrolled in the college’s med school that are part of the program that is using the mobile devices are getting better results than their university peers, they are developing apps for the technology and they are even working to improve healthcare overall. Named the “ iMedEd Initiative ,” all of the students enrolled in the college’s med school receive tablets with their textbooks and educational materials loaded on them. According to a report published by TabTimes, the tablets offer access to lectures, patient records and recorded data from the care setting such as digital stethoscopes, bedside diagnostic ultrasound units and other medical devices. Many Promising Outcomes Tablets In Many Arenas
iPads In The Classroom: The Right Questions You Should Ask
Arguably, the iPad can be a great classroom tool. However, lately there have been concerns about Apple’s tablet and its current role in the classroom. For instance, many have suggested that some of our schools are making the iPad the center of classrooms instead of remembering that students must be at the center of the classroom. Inevitably, this raises questions about the future of the iPad in the classroom. Does the iPad foster or hinder creativity? Is it a comprehensive tool or just a mere distraction? The iPad On A Pedestal? Some of the people who write about using iPads in the classroom, including some leading and influential people in the field of educational technology, are trying to inform educators, researchers, and stakeholders about the worrisome possibility of putting the iPad on a pedestal, so to speak, by focusing too much on logistics and creating an “iPad-centric” classroom environment. One might argue that these concerns are quite real. What do you think?
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A Crowdsourced List Of The Best iOS Education Apps
We’re proud to introduce you to a new set of resources we think you’ll enjoy. It’s a curated list of the best education technology resources. But it’s not just organized by us. But really, the fun part is being able to add to the list and learn from others. So this list is hopefully going to become a go-to resource for all your iOS education app needs.
Reaching Different Learning Styles With The iPad
We learn to do something by doing it.-John Holt I’ve been teaching myself Spanish. I’ve used a variety of methods, including Rosetta Stone. All have taught me some good basic Spanish; however, nothing has helped me more than having actual conversation in Spanish. Well, conversation may be a bit overstated…I’m ok as long as the other person speaks very slowly and we only use the present tense. How do you learn best? Our students are no different. We have spent some time learning about the rainforest. One child chose to use Doodle Buddy and Pic Collage and the other chose to make a Popplet and import it into a Pages document. My students, even in kindergarten, like the ability and the responsibility of making these choices about their school day. Motivating students to achieve can be difficult in this hyper-paced world. Today we will do exciting new things. Like this: Like Loading...
Why (Not How) We Should Use iPads In Education
Last November, Justin Reich, our co-founder at EdTechTeacher, wrote a piece on his Education Week blog, If You Meet an iPad on the Way, Smash It. The piece came out the morning of the first iPad Summit in Boston and put iPad use in schools into perspective. As Justin explained in the piece, “If the nitty-gritty details of iPad use distract us from our larger mission, then we need to smash them. If we get too lost in the “how” of iPads in classrooms, then we need to stop and ask ”why?” Why iPads is a critical question that must be addressed, and the schools that are making the decision to introduce these devices into the classroom are hopefully examining the why before the how. The ‘How’ Question Once the why question has been addressed, and once the devices are in hand, the how question needs to be solved. The Important Thing To Consider The concept Amber presented resonated with me, because it not only neatly encapsulated where many classrooms go wrong but also how to right the ship.
Print & Play Games: Games For Use In The Classroom
At Quest Schools, Institute of Play game designers and curriculum specialists partner with teachers to design, produce, play-test and refine games and other learning materials that engage students in exciting new ways. Since 2009, Institute of Play has developed over 70 original classroom games. Straight from the games library at Quest Schools, Print & Play Games are downloadable board-and-card or discussion-based games for grades 6-12. Each game pack includes game materials, plus tools and resources for educators – roll-out tips, assessment guides, video tutorials and more. The first two games are now available for free download, with more soon to come! Absolute Blast: multiplayer math board game for grades 6-8Socratic Smackdown: versatile discussion-based humanities game for grades 6-12 Check out Print & Play Games on our partner sites:
Integrate iPads Into Bloom's Digital Taxonomy With This 'Padagogy Wheel'
You’re going to want to turn on your printer and fire up a PDF viewer. This is just that good. It’s called the Padagogy Wheel and it offers a fantastically useful perspecitve on how to figure out which iPad apps work with Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. The Padagogy Wheel takes an expanded approach Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy and offers 62 iPad apps that fit into the organized chaos that is Bloom’s. See Also: 35 Digital Tools That Work With Bloom’s Taxonomy What do you think of some of the apps and where they’re placed on the wheel? The Padagogy Wheel by Allan Carrington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
