iPads & ebooks @ MLC
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This document discusses how one college in Australia introduced iPads and ebooks to promote literacy. It notes that digital natives now expect to engage with books interactively instead of traditional print. The results so far have included previously reluctant readers becoming engaged with interactive ebooks, students actively enjoying independent reading time and seeking out new ebooks through the app store. Teachers have access to hundreds of sites and tools to support using technology in teaching, and taking risks with technology while giving students ownership and choice has led to creation over just consumption.
iPads & ebooks @ MLC
- 1. IPADS AND EBOOKS ONE COLLEGE’S STORY Corrie Barclay eLearning Coordinator Manor Lakes P-12 College
- 6. BOOKS?!
- 9. MANOR LAKES P-12 COLLEGE
- 15. TO THOSE WHO ASK WHY... WHY NOT?
- 16. TEXT EXPLORATION
- 17. DICTIONARY USE
- 18. UNIQUE TO READER
- 22. INTERACTIVE
- 23. ENGAGING
- 24. CHOICE
- 25. WE NEED TO LET THEM TELL THEIR OWN STORIES
- 30. IBOOKS AUTHOR
- 31. CONT...
- 32. THE RESULTS SO FAR... •Previously unseen engagement of very reluctant readers - Interactive aspect of eBooks. •Students actively enjoying Independent Reading time. •Students actively seeking new eBooks/Comics through the App Store. •Students enthusiastically reporting to us eBooks/ Comics they have found.
- 33. TEACHER TOOLKIT... •There are hundreds of sites/wikis/blogs dedicated to the listing and use of various Web 2.0 tools. •How do you know which ones are useful? •PLN - Professional Learning Networks- often links found on the following great sites are equally as useful...
- 37. SOME PARTING THOUGHTS... Take risks with technology use within your own teaching Give the students ownership and CHOICE Let them create, rather than consume