In Education i Pads Outline Introduction i Pads

In Education i. Pads

Outline • • • Introduction : i. Pads in Education Why teaching with i. Pads? Personalized Learning with i. Pads Benefits and Challenges using the i. Pad Studies and Surveys Bloom’s Taxonomy for i. Pads Available Apps on i. Pads Eduvation School Network Hands on Activity References

i. Pads in Education • i. Pad is transforming the way we teach and learn. • Powerful creative tools, interactive textbooks, and a universe of apps and content made for endless learning possibilities. • All on one device everyone already loves to use

Why teaching with i. Pads? • Something magical happens when you use i. Pads in your classroom. You can create unique opportunities for personal learning at every level. • Lessons become more immersive through the power of touch, motion, and sound. • Assignments can be sketched, scored, charted, coded, or performed. • And the work your students need to do becomes the work they love to do.

Personalized Learning with i. Pads • Everyone learns differently. With just a few taps, you can customize your students’ i. Pad with materials that fit their level and learning style. • The wide range of content across subjects and grades also makes it easy to tailor i. Pad for students at a variety of learning levels. • With i. Pad, you can teach all your students the same lesson — in different ways.

Benefits and Challenges using the i. Pad Benefits • Saving money • Allowing students to take control of their own learning • i. Pads are accessible to students with disabilities. Apps are available for children with cognitive learning problems and there also accessibility tools built into the latest IOS • • It’s light weight and portability means it can easily be carried from class to class without having to close and reopen the screen The App Store/i. Tunes Store offers a vast amount of free or low cost apps, many of which are excellent for the classroom Challenges • i. Pads are expensive to purchase and can be even more expensive to maintain • If used improperly, the i. Pads can be a serious distraction in the classroom • Pushing i. Pads into the classroom without a clear plan will leave teachers jaded about technology • Self-discipline and learning competence is required • Lack of Connection

Studies and Surveys • 29% increased science test scores • 40% increase in knowledge of target words by preschoolers after using apps on i. Pads • 175% more students at advanced level math compared to students at similar schools without i. Pad • 95% increase in fourth grade student proficiency after i. Pads • 85% of primary teachers found students more motivated when learning with i. Pads

Amy Heimer, Kindergarten Teacher : “With the right kind of teaching, the right kind of apps, and the selective process of using i. Pad with traditional teaching methods, our students are able to achieve more than they did in the past. ”

Some Available Educational Apps on i. Pads • i. Tunes u • Zite • i. Books • Blogger

Lebanese schools using i. Pads Eduvation School Network : • Saint Mary’s Orthodox College • Beirut Annunciation College • Ecole des Trois Docteurs

Hands-on Activity • Video on You. Tube : Hello to all the Children of the world • Brain Pop App • Video on You. Tube : Kaalu, The Thirsty Crow

References • http: //l 3 t. eu/itug/images/band 2. pdf • http: //www. slideshare. net/zaid/ipad-forlearning-teaching-workshop • http: //www. ipadsforeducation. vic. edu. au/u serfiles/ipads_for_learning_getting_sta rted. pdf • http: //www. education. vic. gov. au/managem ent/elearningsupportservices/

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