iPads in learning and teaching
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This document discusses using iPads in learning and teaching. It summarizes feedback from classroom trials of using iPads and explores features of the iPad and apps that can engage students. Some advantages of iPads noted are their portability, ability to accommodate different learning styles, and accessibility features. Issues discussed include a lack of quality Australian apps and apps that focus on rote learning. The document provides examples of apps for information, fiction, digital storytelling, creating, collaborating, and designing with pedagogy in mind. It also discusses evaluating apps and integrating iPad use into lessons.
iPads in learning and teaching
- 1. Exploring iPads in Learning and Teaching Learning with a Twist Image used with permission © Emma Sinclair ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 2. Overview Students today consume, create and make sense of content via a range of mobile digital technologies. This workshop will discuss feedback from a classroom trial of iPads as well as exploring the innovative features the iPad and various Apps can play in enhancing and engaging students in learning. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 3. iPads research in learning Advantages • Instant on. • Engage low ability readers, especially boys. • Visual and tactile features easy to use. • Accessibility features. • Portability. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash Instant on - keeps students on task Portability for collaborative work Ability to increase font size helps students with dyslexia or low reading ability. Larger font sizes cause more space between letters - Less crowding is easier to locate and read words. Ref How Larger Font Size Impacts Reading and the Implications for Educational Use of Digital Text Readers by William E. DeLamater, M.Ed. and eReadia LLC. April 29, 2010
- 4. iPads research in learning Issues • Lack of quality Australian Apps. • Many Maths/English Apps rote learning. • Management and syncing of multiple iPads. • App licensing across multiple iPads. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 5. iPads in learning • Learners have control. • Learning is personalised. • A range of learning styles and levels accommodated. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 6. Accessibility Zoom Touch screen Buttons Vision impairment Mobility Voiceover Predictive Orientation keyboard Visual alerts Mono Hearing audio Facetime impairment ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 7. Future of Accessibility witter Bird - T th Breath ur brea o using y ger s - Sin gingFin rd with reco sound er s. g your fin ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 8. Reading and the iPad • Provides: pronunciations, definitions, extended information, read to me, different reading levels, interactivity. • Different strategies needed for ebook reading. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash Doty, Popplewell, and Byers (2001) found no significant difference on oral retellings associated with interactive storybooks versus traditional printed books. However when comprehension was measured through questions, students reading the interactive storybook scored higher. The interactive books provided students with the ability to obtain pronunciation and definitions. Student could also click on illustrations for labels and pronunciation of words. READING IN IPAD TRANSMEDIA UNIVERSE: five real-world issues http://eduscapes.com/fluid/3f.html
- 9. Information text Apps • Our Choice • Eureka Sports Science • World Books World of Animals • Timbuktu • Virtual History - Roma • London1647 ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 10. Fiction Apps for Primary • Bartelby’s Book of Buttons • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore • Wonkey Donkey • Animalia • Miss Spiders Tea Party • Cozmo’s Day Off ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 11. Fiction Apps for Secondary • A Christmas Carol • War of the Worlds • Pedlar Lady ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 12. Digital Storytelling • Photocard Lite • Toontastic • Strip Designer • Comic Life • Others at Digital Storytelling with the iPad Hand drawn image from Toontastic ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 13. Creating with the iPad • Flipboard - create your own magazine • ShowMe - create/share animated whiteboard videos. • iPad orchestras. • Animate objects using I Can Animate • Draw and animate using DoInk. • iMovie/Garageband create music and movies. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 14. Create your own iBooks • Pages • dotEPUB • ePUB BUD ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 15. Collaborate • Idea sketch • Popplet • Adobe Ideas • Whiteboard lite ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash Adobe ideas digital sketchbook
- 16. Apps designed with pedagogy in mind • GAMeS Lab Radford University • Education Services Australia ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash • Games Lab collaborates with participating teachers to determine how best to design and integrate games within the existing curricula. http://gameslab.radford.edu/iLearn/apps.html • toontastic is a storywriting app designed in partnership with a crew from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education and Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum. It’s a creative learning tool for the iPad that teaches storytelling skills through playful cartoon creation.
- 17. Quality Australian Apps • Please touch the Exhibit - science/discovery • Pirate Treasure Hunt - thinking/literacy • Birthday Buzz - predictive reading • DigiMacq - Australian history ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 18. Integrating iPad/Apps in learning Process Resources • Evaluate Apps in • Assess Apps using Kathy your school. Schrock’s iPads in the Classroom iPad App • Establish a toolkit of rubric. Apps that can be integrated into your • Integrate: see Writing lessons. iPad inspired lessons. ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 19. Where to find App reviews • Learning and Teaching with iPads • iPads for learning • Teach with your iPad • IEAR I Education Apps review • BloomsApps based on Blooms Taxonomy • Apples Education Apps ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash
- 20. Lisa Nash Librarian Learning Exchange Catholic Education, Diocese of Parramatta References and detailed information at: Learning and Teaching with iPads blog ASLA XXII Biennial Conference 2-5 October 2011 Lisa Nash