MACUL 2012 - Professional Development for Mobile Technology Integration
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The document outlines a professional development project aimed at integrating iPads in education, focusing on five science teachers who received ongoing training from December 2010 to March 2011. While teachers recognized the potential of the iPad, they faced limitations due to having only one device per teacher, often using it more for personal development than instructional purposes. The findings highlight concerns about affordability and the effectiveness of using a single tablet versus providing devices for each student.
MACUL 2012 - Professional Development for Mobile Technology Integration
- 1. Professional Development for Mobile Technology Integration Michael K. Barbour Jason P. Siko Wayne State University
- 2. Abstract This MACUL grant is focused on a professional development project designed to support teachers using iPads in the classroom. The PD was teacher-centric and on-going, and emphasized specific apps teachers recommended. This presentation will explore that PD model and how teachers used their iPads as a personal and classroom tool.
- 3. Project • Five science teachers provided with iPads • Monthly professional development sessions – topics decided on by the teachers themselves – focused on pedagogical issues and app show & tell • Occurred December 2010 to March 2011
- 4. Professional Development • Examined ways in which teachers could use a single iPad in the classroom • Focused solely on free apps • Balanced between apps that could be used with students and apps for teacher personal & professional development
- 5. Research • Interviews with each of the teachers • Observation of single iPad integration with one teacher
- 6. Findings • All felt iPad could have powerful uses in the classroom, but all felt extremely limited by the fact that they only had one iPad per teacher (as opposed to one device per student) • Teachers used the device more as a personal and professional development tool, than as a resource during their teaching that they could use with their students • Saw iPad as a luxury school simply couldn’t afford (can purchase two netbooks for the cost of one iPad)
- 7. Observation • Teacher collected devices from a number of his colleagues & encouraged the students to bring along their own devices – Gave them a list of free apps to download beforehand • Began by having students complete a pre-test using the multiple- choice question function in Mobl21 (a mobile learning management system) • Provided some direct instruction by displaying a 99¢ app on the iPad using the classroom document camera • Followed by the students exploring the topic using two different apps on their own devices • Finished the class by having the students complete the same multiple-choice quiz as a post-test
- 8. Michael K. Barbour mkbarbour@gmail.com Jason P. Siko sikojp@gmail.com Wayne State University